dtm 


1883 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
AT   LOS  ANGELES 


Gin  OF 

Dr.    L»    B.    Campbell 


T  HE 

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H  EIDELBERG 


CATBCHISMt 


SPECZALL7  ARRAIT&ES 


And  Adapted  for  use  in  Sunday  Schools 


CATECHETICAL    CLASSES. 


TIFFIN,  OHIO: 
E.  R.  OOOD  &  BRO., 

1889. 


PREFACE. 


This  new  arrangement  of  the  Heidelberg  Catechism  has 
been  made  with  the  view  of  adapting  it  theoetter  for  use  in 
Sunday  Schools  and  in  the  ordinary  Cateclietical  Classes.  It, 
is  well  known  that  the  Synods  and  Classes  have  for  years 
desired  the  introduction  of  the  Catechism  into  all  Sunday 
Schools  as  the  proper  crown  of  the  important  work  there 
carried  forwarcf.  It  is  believed  that,  in  its  present  form,  it 
ean  be  successfully  studied  in  every  school  where  the  Pastor 
labors  personally,  or  where  qualified  teachers  can  be  found. 
It  is  believed,  too,  that  it  will  prove  a  material  improvement 
upon  the  old  form,  for  ordinary  catechetical  classes. 

Its  main  peculiarity  consists  in  this,  that  by  it  four  dis- 
tinct courses  can  be  taken,  thus  adapting  it  to  the  various 
grades  of  the  classes. 

1.  A  first  course  of  52  questions  and  answers  (one  for 
each  Sunday  in  the  year)  can  be  taken  by  using  the  questions 
with  an  (*).  Tliis  course  goes  over  the  wliole  field  of  the 
Catechism,  and  is  well  adapted  for  commencing  classes. 

2.  A  second  course  of  52  Lord's  Days,  using  all  the  ques- 
tions and  answers,  can  be  taken;  in  which,  however,  only 
a  portion  of  llie  Scriptural  references  ai-e  recited  and 
explained.  Tliese  references  are  printed  in  full.  This  will 
be  found  a  very  great  convenience. 

3.  A  third  course  can  be  made,  by  using,  in  addition  to 
the  above,  all  the  references  printed  in  italics,  wliich  will 
have  to  be  searched  for  in  the  Bible  by  the  scholars  them- 

4. 'a  fourth  can  be  made  by  using  all  the  references, 
which  are  purposely  made  verv  full. 

This  Catechism  also  renders  the  formulating  of  the 
questions,  by  the  teacher,  more  easy,  by  the  printing  of  the 
first  references  in  parentheses,  which  at  once,  to  the  eye  of 
the  teacher,  divides  each  answer  into  clauses,  on  each  of 
which  questions  ai'e  to  be  asked.  J.  H.  G. 

Tiffin,  O.,  Oct.  1, 1879. 

•Entered    according   to   an   act   of   Congress,  in  the  year 

1879,  by  E.  R.  Good  &  Bko.,  in  the  office  of  the 

Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington,  D.  C. 


A3 
THE 


HEIDELBERfl  mWM, 


1.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*  Question  1. —  What  is  thy  only  comfort  in 
life  and  death? 

Answer. — That  I,  with  body  and  soul,  both 
in  life  and  death,  am  not  my  own, but  belong 
unto  my  faithful  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  (ICor. 
6 ;  20) ;  who  with  his  precious  blood  hath 
fully  satisfied  for  all  my  sins,  and  delivered 
me  from  all  the  power  of  the  devil  (1  John 
1 ;  7);  and  so  preserves  me  that,  without  the 
will  of  my  heavenly  Father,  not  a  hair  can 
all  from  my  head  (John  10  ;  28,  29);  yea, 
p  that  all  things  must  be  subservient  to  my 
J  salvation  (Rom.8 ;  28);  and  therefore,  by  his 
\j  Holy  Spirit,  he  also  assures  me  of  eternal 
P^  life  (Rom.  8;  16),  and  makes  me  sincerely 
N,  willing  and  readv  henceforth  to  live  unto 
v;  him  (Phil.  2  ;  13). 

I      1  Cor.  6 ;  20. — Ye  are  not  your  own.    For  ye  are 

*^  bouo-ht  with  a  price ;  therefore  glorify  God  in  your 

^  body  and  in  your  spirit,  which  are  God's. — Ps.  73; 

25,  26.— Rom.  14;  7,  8.—  1  Cor.  3;  23.— Rev.  5;  9. 

u.      1  John  1 ;  7. — And  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  his 

"^  Son  cleanseth  us  from  all  sin. — 1  Pet.  1 ;  18, 19.— 

t   1  John  3 ;  8.— Heb.  2 ;  14,  15.— Tit.  2 ;  14. 


4  THE   TRUE   COMFORT. 

John  10 ;  28,  29. — And  I  give  unto  them  eternal 
life;  and  they  shall  never  perish,  neither  shall 
any  man  pluck  them  out  of  mv  hand. — Luke  21 ; 
18.— John  6 ;  39.— Ps.  121 ;  7. 

Rom.  8;  28. — And  we  know  that  all  things  work 
together  for  good  to  them  that  love  God. 

Rom.  8;  16.  —  The  Spirit  itself  beareth  witness 
with  our  spirit,  that  we  are  the  children  of  God. 
—2  Cor.  1 ;  22.-2  Cor.  5;  .5.— Rom.  8;  17. 

Phil.  2 ;  13. —  For  it  is  God  which  worketh  in 
you  both  to  will  and  to  do  of  his  good  pleasure. — 
Ps.  110;  3.— Rom.  8;  14.— Heb.  13;  20,  21. 

*2.  How  many  things  are  necessary  for  thee 
to  hiow^  that  thou.,  enjoying  this  comfort.,  mayest 
live  and  die  happy  f 

Three:  First,  how  great  my  sins  -and 
miseries  are  (Rom.  7;  24);  Second.,  how  I 
may  be  delivered  from  all  my  sins  and 
miseries  (Matt.  11  ;28) ;  Third^  how  I  shall 
express  my  f:;ratitude  to  God  for  such  de- 
liverance (Ps.  116;  12). 

Rom.  7;  24. — O  wretched  man  that  I  am!  who 
shall  deliver  me  from  the  body  of  this  death? 
—Rom.  3 ;  23.— Rom.  6 ;  23.— Rom.  8 ;  8. 

Matt.  11 ;  28. —  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor 
and  are  heavy-laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest. — 
John  3;  16.— John  1 ;  12.— Acts  4;  12. 

Ps.  116;  12. — What  shall  I  render  unto  the  Lord 
for  all  his  benefits  towards  me  ?  — 2  Cor.  9 ;  15. 
—Ps.  50;  15.— Matt.  5;  16.— Heb.  13;  16. 


THE   MISERY   OF   MAN.  5 

XHE  FIRST  PART. 

THE  MISERY    OF  MAN. 
2.    LORD'S  DAY. 

3.   Whence  knowest  thou  thy  misery? 
Out  of  the  law  of  God  (Rom.  3  ;  20). 

Rom.  3 ;  20. — For  by  the  law  is  the  knowledge  of 
sin.— i^ow.  7;  7.— Ex.  20;  1-17.— Rom.  4;  15. 

*4.  What  doth  the  law  of  God  require  of  us? 

Christ  teaches  its  that  briefly  (in  Matt.  22; 
37-40):  ''Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God 
with  all  thy  heart,  with  all  thy  soul,  with 
all  thy  mind,  and  with  all  thy  strength. 
This  is  the  first  and  great  commandment 
(Rom.  13 ;  10);  and  the  second  is  like  unto 
it:  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thy- 
self (Matt.  7 ;  12).  On  these  two  command- 
ments hang  all  the  law  and  the  prophets." 

Rom.  13;  10.— Love  is  the  fulfilling  of  the  law. 
Deut.  6;  5.— 1  Tim.  1;  5.— Prov.  23;  26. 

Matt.  7 ;  12. — Therefore  all  things  whatsoever  ye 
would  that  men  should  do  unto  you,  do  ye  even  so  to 
them :  for  this  is  the  law  and  the  prophets. — 1  John; 
4;  20,  21.-1  Cor.  13;  1-8.— James  2 ;  8. 

*5.  Canst  thou  keep  all  these  things  perfectly  f 

In  no  wise  (1  John  1 ;  8);  for  I  am  prone 
by  nature  to  hate  God  (Rom.  8; 7)  and  my 
neighbor  (Titus  3; 3). 

1  John  1 ;  8. — If  we  say  that  we  have  no  sin,  we 
deceive  ourselves,  and  the  truth  is  not  in  us. — Rom. 
3 ;  10-12.— Jer.  13;  23.— 1  Kings  8;  46. 

Rom.  8;  7. —  The  carnal  mind  is  enmity  against 
r,od ;  for  it  is  not  subject  to  the  law  of  God,  neither 
indeed  can  be.— Ps.  14;  1— Eph.  2 ;  3.— Rom.  1  ;  30. 


D  THE   FALL   OF  MAN. 

Titus  3 ;  3. —  For  we  ourselves  also  were  some- 
times foolish,  disobedient,  serving  divers  lusts  and 
pleasures,  living  in  malice  and  envy,  hateful  and 
hating  one  another. — Rom.  1;31. — Gal.  5;  19,  20. 

3.    LORD'S  DAY. 

6.  Did  God  then  create  man  so  wicked  and 
perverse  ? 

By  no  means ;  but  God  created  man  good, 
and  after  his  own  image  (  Gen.  1 ;  27),  in 
righteousness  and  true  holiness  (Eph.  4; 24), 
that  he  might  rightly  know  God  his  Creator, 
heartily  love  him  (Col.  3 ;  10),  and  live  with 
him  in  eternal  happiness,  to  glorify  and 
praise  him  (Isa.  43 ;  7). 

Gen.l ;  27. — So  God  created  man  in  his  own  image; 
in  the  image  of  God  created  he  him. —  Gen.  1 ;  31, 

Eph.  4;  24. —  And  that  ye  put  on  the  new  man, 
which  after  God,  is  created  in  righteousness  and 
true  holiness.— ^cc.  7;  29.— Ps.  145;  17. 

Col.  3  ;  10. — And  have  put  on  the  new  man, 
which  is  renewed  in  knowledge  after  the  image  of 
him  that  created  liim. — ICIiron.  29  ;  9. — Rev.  22;  14. 

Isa.  43;  7. — For  I  have  created  him  for  mv  glory. 
Frov.  16 ;  4.— 1  Cor.  10 ;  31.— Ps.  16 ;  11. 

*7.  Whence^  then^  proceeds  this  depravity  of 
human  nntvrrf 

From  the  fall  and  disobedience  of  our  first 
parents,  Adam  and  Eve,  in  Paradise  (Rom. 
6;  12);  hence  our  nature  is  become  so  cor- 
rupt, that  we  are  all  conceived  and  born  in 
sin  (John  3 ;  6). 

Eom.  5 ,  12. — By  one  man  sin  entered  into  the 
world,  and  death  by  sin ;  and  so  death  passed  upon 
all  men,  for  that  all  have  sinned. —  1  Cor.  15 ;  22. — 
Matt.  7;  18.— Gen.  3;  1-6.— Rom.  5;  19. 


THE  DEPRAVITY  OF  MAN.  7 

John  3 ;  6. — That  which  is  born  of  the  flesh,  is 
flesh;  and  that  which  is  born  of  the  Spirit,  is 
spirit.—Ps.  51 ;  5.— Ps.  53 ;  1.— Rom.  3 ;  9-12.— Job 
14;  4.— Gen.  8;  21.— Epli.  2;  3.— Job  15;  14. 

8.  Are  we^  then,  so  corrupt  that  we  are  wholly 
incapable  of  doing  any  good,  and  inclined  to  all 
wickedness  '^ 

Indeed  we  are  (Rom.  7 ;  18);  except  we  are 
regenerated  by  the  Spirit  of  God(  John3;3). 

Rom.  7 ;  18. — I  know  that  in  me  (that  is,  in  my 
flesh)  dwelleth  no  good  thing. — 2  Cov.  3;  5. — Gen. 
6 ;  5.— Job  15 ;  16.— Rom.  8 ;  8.— Rom.  6 ;  20. 

John  3;  3. — Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  thee,  ex- 
cept a  man  be  born  again,  he  cannot  see  the  king- 
dom of  God.— /o/m  3;  5, 6.— Jer.l3 ;  23.— Eph.2 ;  4,5. 

4.    LORD'S  DAY. 

9.  Doth  not  God,  then,  do  injustice  to  man  by 
requiring  from  him,  in  his  law,  that  which  he 
cannot  perform P     (Gal.  3 ;  10.) 

Not  at  all  (Rom.  3;  5);  for  God  made 
man  capable  of  performing  it  (Ecc.  7 ;  29); 
but  man,  by  the  instigation  of  the  devil,  and 
his  own  willful  disobedience  (Rom.  5  ;  19), 
deprived  himself  and  all  his  posterity  of 
those  divine  gifts  (Rom.  5;  12). 

Gal.  3 ;  10. — Cursed  is  every  one  that  continueth 
not  in  all  things  which  are  w  ritten  in  the  book  of 
the  law  to  do  them. — Rom.  3;  20. — Rom.  1 ;  32. 

Rom.  3 ;  5.  —  Is  God  unrighteous  who  taketh 
vengeance? — Rev.  15;  3. 

Ecc.  7 ;  29. — God  hath  made  man  upright. 

Rom.  5 ;  19. —  By  one  man's  disobedience  many 
were  made  sinners. — Gen.  3;  13. — 2  Cor.  11 ;  3. 

Rom.  5;  12. —  Wherefore  as  by  one  man  sin  en- 
tered into  the  world,  and  death  by  sin :  and  so  death 


8  THE  PUNISHMENT   OF   SIN. 

passed  upon  all  men,  for  that  all  have  sinned. — 
1  Cor.  15;22.— Eph.  2;  3. 

*10.  Will  God  suffer  such  disobedience  and 
rebellion  to  go  unpunished? 

By  no  means ;  but  is  terribly  displeased 
with  our  original  (Eph.  2 ;  3),  as  well  as  ac- 
tual sins  (Ps.  7  ;11);  and  will  punish  them 
in  his  just  judgment  temporally  (Gen.  19; 
24),  and  eternally  (Heb.  9  ;  27);  as  he  hath 
declared,  "Cursed  is  every  one  that  contin- 
ueth  not  in  all  things  which  are  written  in 
the  book  of  the  law  to  do  them"  ( Gal.  3 ;  10). 

Eph.  2  ;  3. — And  were  by  nature  the  children  of 
wrath,  even  as  others. —  Rom.  5;  12. —  Ps.  51;  5-7, 

Ps.  7 ;  n . —  God  is  angry  with  the  wicked  every 
day.— Ps.  5 ;  5.— Rom.  1 ;  18.— Kom.  2  ;  5-9. 

Gen.  19 ;  24. — Then  the  Lord  rained  upon  Sodom 
and  upon  Gomorrah,  brimstone  and  fire  from  the 
Lord  out  of  Heaven.—  The  Flood,  Gen.  6;  12-17.— 
Ps.  55;  23.— Deut.  28;  15.— Acts  5;  l-ll. 

Heb.  9;  27. — And  it  is  appointed  unto  men  once 
to  die,  but  after  this  the  judgment. — Luke  16;  23. — 
John  3;  36.— Isa.  66;  24.— Kev.  14;  11.— Matt.  25; 
41,46.— John  5;  28,  29.— Kev.  22;  11. 

11.  Is  not  God  then  also  merciful  P 

God  is  indeed  merciful  (Ps.  103; 8);  but 
also  just  (Ps.  89  ;  14);  therefore  his  justice 
requires  that  sin,which  is  committed  against 
the  most  high  majesty  of  God  (Ps.  51  ;4), 
be  also  punished  with  extreme,  that  is, with 
everlasting  punishment,  both  of  body  and 
soul(Hab.  1;13). 

Ps.  103;  8. —  The  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious, 
slow  to  anger,  and  plenteous  in  mercy. — Ex.  34; 
G,  7.-PS.  100;  5.— Num.  14;  18.— Luke  6;  36. 


THE    WAY   OF   SALVATION.  9 

Ps.  89 ;  14. — Justice  and  judgment  are  the  habi- 
tation of  thy  throne.— Ps.  7 ;  11.— Ps.  97 :  2. 

Ps.  51 ;  4. —  Against  thee,  thee  only  have  I  sinned 
and  done  this  evil  in  thy  sight. —  1  Chron.  29;  11. — 
Eom.  8;  26.— Judges  3;  7,  8.~Rom.  1;  21. 

Hab.  1 ;  13. —  Thou  art  of  purer  eyes  than  to  be- 
hold evil,  and  canst  not  look  on  iniquity. — Rev, 
14 ;  11.— 2  Thess.  1 ;  Q-10.-^3Iatt.  25 ;  46. 


THE  SECOND  PART. 

OF  MAN'S  delivera:n^ce. 

5.    LORD'S  DAY. 

12.  Since.)  then.,  by  the  righteous  judgment  of 
God,  we  deserve  temporal  and  eternal  punish^ 
me7it,  is  there  no  ivay  by  ivhich  we  can  escape 
that  punishment.,  and  be  again  received  into 
favor f 

God  will  have  his  justice  satisfied  (Deut, 
27;  26);  and  therefore  we  must  make  this 
full  satisfaction,  either  bv  ourselves  (Ezek. 
18;  4),  or  by  another  (2  Cor.  5  ;  21). 

Deut.  27;  26. — Cursed  be  he  that  conflrmeth  not 
all  the  words  of  this  law  to  do  them. — Ex.  20;  5. 

Ezek.  18;  4.— The  soul  tliat  sinneth,it  sliall  die. 
Matt,  5 ;  26.— Luke  23 ;  39-41.— Rom.  2  ;  6. 

2  Cor.  5;  21. — For  he  hath  made  him  to  be  sin 
for  us,  who  knew  no  sin;  that  we  mioht  be  made 
the  righteousness  of  God  in  him.— R(jiii.  8;  3,  4. — 
Isa.  l';  27.— Isa.  53 ;  10,  U.— Isa.  53 ;  5. 

13.  Can  we  ourselves  then  make  this  satisfac- 
tion? 

By  no  means  (Job  9  ;  2,  3) ;  but,  on  the 
contrary,  we  daily  increase  our  debt  (Matt, 
6;  12). 


10  THE   REDEEMER. 

Job  9 ;  2,  3. —  But  how  should  a  man  be  just  with 
God  ■?  If  he  will  contend  wilh  him,  he  cannot  an- 
swer him  one  of  n  tliou.<and.--iiaf/'.  IG;  2U.— Ps.  laO;  3. 

Matt.  6 ;  12. — Forgive  us  our  tlel)is,  as  we  forgive 
our  deblois. — Gen.  0 ;  5. — I's.  IS) ;  \z. — Kom,  2 ;  5. 

14.  Can  there  then  he  found  anywliere  one, 
who  is  a  mere  creature,  able  to  satisfij  for  usf 

None:  for  first,  God  will  not  punish  any 
other  creature  for  the  sin  which  man  hath 
coniniit.ted  (Gen.  2  ;  17);  and  further,  no 
mere  creature  can  sustain  the  burden  of 
God's  eternal  wrath  a.i»;ainst  sin,  so  as  to  de- 
liver others  irom  it  (Ps.  49;  7). 

Gen.  2;  17. —  In  the  day  that  thou  eatest  thereof 
thou  slialt  surely  d'm.—Hcb.  10;4.— ileb.  2;  IG. 

Ps.  49;  7. — None  of  them  can  by  an}-  means  re- 
deem his  brother,  nor  give  to  God  a  ransom  for 
him;  for  the  reilemption  of  their  soul  is  precious. 
—Ps.  130;3.— Jer.  4;  4. 

*15.  What  sort  of  a  mediator  and  deliverer^ 
then,  must  we  seek  fori 

For  one  who  is  very  man  (Heb.  2;  14)^ 
an(i' perfectly  righteous  (Heb.  7;  26);  and 
yet  more  powerful  than  all  creatures;  that 
is,  one  who  is  also  very  God  (Hosea  1;7). 

Heb.  2;  14. — Forasmuch  then  as  the  children 
are  partakers  of  flesh  and  blood,  he  also  himself 
likewise  took  part  of  the  same. — 1  Cor.  15;  21. 

Heb.  7;  26. — For  such  an  high  priest  became  us, 
who  is  holy,  harmless,  undeflled,  separate  from 
sinners. — Heb.  2 ;  17. — Heb.  4;  15. 

Hosea  1 ;  7. — I  will  have  mercy  upon  the  house 
of  Judah,  and  will  save  them  by  the  Lord,  their 
God.— Jer.  23 ;  6.—  Heb.  7 ;  25.—  isa.  7 ;  14.—  Rom. 
8;  3.— 1  Tim.  3;  16.— Isa.  12;  22. 


THE   REDEEMER.  11 

6.    LORD'S  DAY. 

16.  Why  must  he  he  very  man^  and  also 
perfectly  righteous  f 

Because  the  justice  of  God  requires  that 
the  same  human  nature,which  hath  sinned, 
should  likewise  make  satisfaction  for  sin 
(Ex.  32 ;  33);  and  one,  who  is  himself  a  sin- 
ner, cannot  satisfy  for  others  (Heb.7 ;  26, 27). 

Ex.  32;  83. — Whosoever  h.-itli  sinned  against  me, 
him  will  1  blot  out  of  my  book. — 1  Cor.  15;  21. — 
Eom.  5;  15. — lieb.  2;  17. 

Heb.  7;  26,  27. — For  such  an  high  priest  became 
us,  who  is  holy,  harmless,  undeliled,  separate  from 
sinners,  and  made  higher  than  the  heavens;  who 
needeth  not  daily,  as  those  high  priests,  to  otter  up 
sacrifice,  first  for  his  own  sins,  and  then  for  the 
people's. — 1  Pet.  3 ;  IS. — Jer.  33 ;  15. — Isa.  53 ;  11. — 
2Cor.  5;21. 

!I7.  Why  must  he  in  one  ])erson  he  also  very 
God? 

That  he  might,  by  the  power  of  his  God- 
head, sustain,  in  his  human  nature,  the  bur- 
den of  God's  wrath  (2  Cor.  13 ;  4) ;  and 
might  obtain  for,  and  restore  to,  us  right- 
eousness and  life  (1  John  4;  9). 

2  Cor.  13  ;  4. —  For  though  he  was  crucified 
through  wcrdcness,  yet  he  liveth  by  the  power  of 
God.— /.sa.  53 ;  4.— Acts  2 ;  24.— [sa.  9 ;  6. 

1  John  4  ;  9. — In  this  was  manifested  the  love 
of  God  toward  us,  because  that  God  sent  liis  only- 
begotten  Son  into  the  world,  that  we  might  live 
through  h\m.—Jer.  23;  6.— Acts  20;  28.— 2  Cor.  5; 
21.— Rev.  19;  15,  16.-2  Tim.  1 ;  10. 

*18.  Who  then  is  that  mediator,  ivho  is  in  one 
person  hoth  very  God.,  and  a  real  righteous  manf 


12  THE   MEDIATOR. 

Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  (1  Tim.  2 ;  5.— John 
1 ;  1, 14):  ^'  who  of  God  is  made  unto  us  wis- 
dom, and  righteousness  and  sanctitication, 
and  redemption"  (1  Cor,  1;  30.— CoL  2; 3. 
—2  Cor.  5  ;  21.— Rom.  10  ;  1.— Heb.  10;  10. 
— Eph.  1;7.— Rom.  8;3). 

1  Tim.  2 ;  5. — There  is  one  God  and  one  Media- 
tor between  God  and  man,  the  man  Christ  Jesus. 
-^Mait.  1 ;  23.— Pliil.  2  ;  (i-11.— 1  John  5 ;  20. 

John  1 ;  1,  14. — In  the  beginning  vvas  the  word, 
and  the  word  was  with  God,  and  the  word  was 
God. — And  the  word  was  made  flesli,  and  dwelt 
among  us. — John  1 ;  29. — Matt.  16;  13-17. 

19.   Whence  knowest  thou  this? 

From  the  holy  Gospel,  which  God  first 
revealed  in  Paradise  (Gen.  3  ;  15);  and  af- 
terwards published  by  the  Patriarchs  and 
Prophets  (Acts  10; 43);  and  was  pleased  to 
represent  it  by  the  shadows  of  sacrifices,  and 
the  other  ceremonies  of  the  law  (Col.  2  ;1T); 
and,  lastly,  has  accomplished  it  by  his  only- 
begotten  Son  (John  1;29). 

Gen.  3;  15. — I  will  put  enmity  between  thee  and 
the  w^oman,  and  between  thy  seed  and  lier  seed  ;  it 
shall  bruise  thy  head,  and  thou  slialt  bruise  his  heel. 

Acts  10  ;  43. — To  him  gave  all  the  prophets  wit- 
ness, that  through  his  name  whosoever  believeth 
in  him  shall  receive  remission  of  sins. — Gen.  22 ; 
18.— Gen.  26  ;  4.— Gen.  28  ;  14.— Gal.  3;  16.— Acts 
3 ;  24.— John  5 ;  46.— Heb.  1 ;  1.— Zech.  13 ;  1. 

Col.  2;  17. — Which  are  a  shadow  of  things  to 
come  ;  but  the  body  is  of  Christ. — Heb.  10  ;  1. — 
John  3 ;  14, 15.— Lev.  16 ;  21.— Heb.  9 ;  24. 

John  1  ;  29.— Behold  the  Lamb  of  God,  which 
taketh  away  the  sin  of  the  world. — Acts  13;  32, 33. 
— 1  Cor.  5;  7.— Gal.  4;  4.— 2  Cor.  1 ;  20. 


FAITH.  18 

7.    LORD'S  DAY. 

20.  Are  all  men,  then,  as  they  perished  in 
Adam,  saved  by  Christ  f 

No  (Matt.  7;  13, 14);  only  those  who  are 
ingrafted  into  him,  and  receive  all  his  bene- 
fits by  a  true  faith  (John  3 ;  16). 

Matt.  7;  13,  14. — Wide  is  the  gate,  and  broad  is 
the  way  that  leadeth  to  destruction,  and  many 
there  be  which  go  in  thereat.  Straight  is  the 
gate  and  narrow  is  the  way,  which  leadetli  unto 
life,  and  few  there  be  that  find  it. — Matt.  7 -,21. 

John  3  ;  16. — God  so  loved  the  world,  that  lie 
gave  his  only-begotLen  Son,  that  whosoever  be- 
lieveth  in  him  sliould  not  perish,  but  have  ever- 
lasting life.— 2  Cor.  5;  17.— John  3  ;  18.— Jo/in  1; 
12.— Matt.  1 ;  21.-1  (or.  1 ;  30.— Eom.  11 ;  20. 

21.  What  is  true  faith  f 

True  faith  is  not  only  a  certain  knowledge, 
whereby  I  hold  for  truth  all  that  God  has 
revealed  to  us  in  his  word  (James  2 ;  19) ; 
but  also  an  assured  confidence  (Heb.  11;1), 
which  the  Holy  Ghost  works  by  the  gospel 
in  my  heart  (Rom.  10;  17) ;  that  not  only  to 
others,  but  to  me  also,  remission  of  sin,  ever- 
lasting righteousness  and  salvation,  are  free- 
ly given  by  God  (Rom.  10  ;  10) ;  merely  of 
grace,  onlv  for  the  sake  of  Christ's  merits. 
(Eph.  2;8,  9.) 

James  2;  19.— Thou  believest  that  there  is  one 
God ;  thou  doest  well ;  the  devils  also  believe  and 
tremble.— Luke  8;  13.— Matt.  13;  21.— John  17;  3. 

Heb.  11 ;  1.— Now  faith  is  the  substance  of  things 
hoped  for,  the  evidence  of  things  not  seen. — Rom. 
4  J  20, 21.— Eph.  3 ;  11, 12.— Heb.  3 ;  6.— Acts  8 ;  37. 

Rom.  10 ;  17.— Faith  cometli  by  hearing,  and  hear- 
ing by  the  word  of  God.— 2  Cor.  4 ;  13.— Gal.  5;  22. 


14  FAITH. 

Rom.  10;  10. — For  with  the  lioart  man  believeth 
unto  righteousness;  and  with  the  mouth,  confes- 
sion is  made  unto  salvation. — Acts  8 ;  37. — Rom.  10; 
9.— G;U.  2 ;  20.— Eph.  1 ;  6,  7.-2  Tim.  4;  8. 

Epli.  2;8,  9. — By  grace  are  ye  saved,  through 
faith;  and  that  not  of  yourselves;  it  is  tlie  gift  of 
God:  not  of  works,  lest  any  man  should  boast. — 
itom.  3;  24. — itoin.  8;  32. — Ei)li.  1 ;  7. 

*22.  JVliat  is  then  necessarij  for  a  Christian 
to  believe  f 

All  things promisediis  in(liegos])el(Matt. 
lo  ;  15,  10)  ;  which  the  articles  of  our 
cathoh"c,  iiiKloiihted  Oliristian  I'aith,  briefly 
teach  us. 

Maik  IG;  15,  IG. — Go  ye  into  all  the  world,  and 
])reach  the  gospel  to  every  creature.  He  tliat  be- 
lieveth  and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved. — Mark  1 ;  15. 
— Jolni  21);  31.— .Matt.  2S;20.— riiil.  1 ;  20.— Acta 
24;  14.— lleb.  11;G.— 2  John  i);ll. 

*23.   \VJiat  are  these  articles P 

1.  I  believe  in  God,  the  Father  Al- 
mighty, maker  of  heaven  and  earth  : 

2.  And  in  Jesus  Christ,  his  only- 
begotten  Son,  our  I^ord  ; 

3.  Who  was  conceived  by  the  Holy 
Ghost,  born  of  the  Virgin  Mary  : 

4.  Suffered  under  Pontius  Pilate ; 
was  crucified,  dead  and  buried  ;  he 
descended  into  hell  : 

5.  The  third  day  he  rose  from  the 
dead : 


THE   TRINITY.  15 

6.  He  ascended  into  heaven,  and 
sitteth  at  the  right  hand  of  God,  the 
Father  Almighty  : 

7.  From  thence  he  shall  come  to 
judge  the  quick  and  the  dead. 

8.  I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost : 

9.  I  believe  in  the  Holy  Catholic 
Church  :  the  communion  of  saints  : 

10.  The  forgiveness  of  sins  : 

11.  The  resurrection  of  the  body: 

12.  And  the  life  everlasting. 

8.    LORD'S   DAY. 

*24.  How  are  these  articles  divided P 

Into  three  parts:  the  first  is  of  God  the 

Father,  and  our  Creation;  the  second, of  God 

the  Son,  and  onr  Redemption  ;  the  third,  of 

God  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  our  Sanctilication. 

25.  Since  there  is  hut  one  divine  essence^  why 
speakest  thou  of  Father^  Son^  and  Holy  Ghost  f 
Because  God  has  so  revealed  himself  in 
his  word,  that  these  three  and  distinct  per- 
sons (Matt.  28  ;  19),  are  the  one,  true,  and 
eternal  God  (Matt.  12;  29). 

Matt.  28 ;  19.— Go  j^e  therefore,  and  teach  all 
nations,  baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. — John 
14;  16,  17.— John  5;  32.— John  15;  2G.— John  10; 
33.— Matt.  3  ;  16,  17.— Heb.  1  ;  8.— Acts  5  ;  3,  4.— 
2  Cor.  13;13.— 1  Cor.  12  ;  4-6.— 1  Pet.  1;2. 

Matt.  12 ;  29. — The  first  of  all  the  commandments 
is,  Hear  O  Israel :  the  Lord  our  God  is  one  Lord. 
1  Cor.  8 ;  4.— Eph.  4 ;  6.— Isa.  44 ;  6.— Isa.  45 ;  5. 


16  GOD   THE   FATHEU. 

OF   GOD   'J^  H  E    F  A  T  PI  E  R. 

9.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*26.    What  helievest  tlwa  wlien  thou 
"7  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  maker 
of  Heaven  and  Earth  f  " 

That  the  eternal  Father  of  our  LordJesus 
Christ  (Eph.  1  ;  3),  who  of  nothing  made 
heaven  and  eartli,  with  all  that  is  in  them 
(Hob.  11 ;  3);  who  likewise  upholds  and  gov- 
erns ihe  same  by  his  eternal  counsel  and 
providence  (Eph.  1;11);  is,  for  Ihe  sake  of 
Oiirist  his  Son,  my  God  and  my  Father 
(John  20;  17);  on  whom  I  rely  so  entirely, 
that  1  have  no  doul)t  l)iit  that  he  will  pro- 
vide me  witli  all  things  necessary  for  soul 
and  body  (1  Pet.  5;  7);  and  further,  that  he 
will  make  whatever  evils  he  sends  ui)on  me 
in  this  valley  of  tears,  turn  out  to  my  ad- 
vantage (Kom.  S  ;  28);  for  he  is  able  to  do 
it,  beimr  Almiuhtv  God.  and  willini>;,  beinii; 
a  faithful  Father  (P«-  103;  13). 

Eph.  1  :;}.— Blessed  be  tin-  Cod  an<l  Ffttlier  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  (.'lirist. — 1  John  I  •,\4. — Jolni  17;  1. 

Ht'l).  n  ; ;{. — 'I'liroiiri:!!  fnith  we  nnderstand  that 
tlic  worlds  were  framed  by  the  word  of  (iod,  so 
that  thiii»;s  wlileli  are  seen  were  not  made  of  things 
which  do  ap|)i'ar. — Gen.  1;1. — .Jer.  82;  17. — Acts 
4;  21.— Rev.  -1;  11.— Xeh.  0;  G.— Isa.  42  ;  5. 

Eph.  1  ;  11 — lie  workelh  all  things  after  Ihe 
counsel  of  his  own  will. — Ilcb.  1  ;.^ — 1*8.  148;  1-G. 
Ps.  10:{ ;  10.— Xeh.  9 ;  G.— Dan.  4  ;  35. 

John  20;  17. — Go  to  my  bretln-en,  and  say  unto 
them,  I  aseend  unto  my  Father  and  yoin*  Father, 
and  to  my  (Jod  and  vour  (Jod. — 1  Joint  8;1. — Gal. 
4;G,  7.— .Tolui  1;  12. —Rom.  8;14-1G. 


THE  PROVIDENCE   OF   GOD.  17 

1  Pet.  5  ;  7. — Casting  all  your  care  upon  him  ^ 
for  he  careth  for  you. — Blait,  6;  26. — Ps.  55;  22. — 
T.uke  12 ;  22.— 1  Tim.  4 ;  10.— Isa.  26 ;  4. 

Rom.  8 ;  28. — And  we  know  that  all  things  work 
together  for  good  to  tliem  that  love  God. — Ileb.  12  . 
9-11.— 2  Cor.  4;  17.— Gen.  50;  20. 

Ps.  10;J;13.— Like  as  a  frtther  pitieth  his  child- 
ren. 80  tlie  Lord  ])itietli  them  that  fear  him. — Matt. 
7 ;  11.— isa.  49 ;  15,  10.— Ps.  115 ;  3.— Ps.  130 ;  5. 

lO.    LORD'S  DAY. 

27.  What  dost  thou  mean  by  the  Providence 
of  God? 

The  Almiglity,  and  every- where  present 
power  of  God  (Acts  17 ;  28);  whereby,  as  it 
were,  by  his  hand,  he  upholds  and  governs 
heaven,  earth,  and  all  creatures  ( Heb.  1 ;  3); 
SO  that  herbs  and  grass,  rain  and  drought, 
fruitful  and  barren  years,  meat  and  drink, 
health  and  sickness,  riches  and  poverty,  yea 
all  thi ngs(  Acts  14;  17),  come  not bv  chance, 
Irut  ])y  his  fatherly  hand  (Matt.  10;  29,  30). 

Acts  17  ;  28.  —  In  him  we  live,  and  move  and 
have  our  Ijciiig— P.s.  139 ;  7-10.— Isa.  40;  26.— Acts 
17 :  27.— Isn.  45 ;  7.— Phil.  2 ;  13. 

Heb.  1 ;  3. — LTpliolding  all  things  by  the  word  of 
his  ixmer.— /sa.  40 ;  12.— Acts  17 ;  26.— Ps.  91 ;  10- 
14.— Ps.  36;6.— Neh.  9;  6. 

Acts  14  ;  17. — He  left  not  himself  without  wit- 
ness, in  that  he  did  good,  and  gave  us  rain  from 
heaven,  and  fruitful  seasons,  filling  our  hearts  with 
food  and  gladness.— Ps.  104;  13-15.— Jer.  5;  24. 
Ps.  145;  15,  10.— Gen.  8;22.— Ps.  74;  16,  17. 

Matt.  10 ;  29,  30. — Are  not  two  sparrows  sold  for 
a  farthing?  and  one  of  them  shall  not  fall  on  the 
ground  without  your  Father.     But  the  very  hairs 


18  THE  PROVIDENCE   OF  GOD. 

of  your  head  are  all  numbered.  Fear  ye  not,  there- 
fore, ye  are  of  more  value  than  many  sparrows. — 
Acts  17 ;  25.— Job  5 ;  18, 19.— Ex.  15 ;  26.-1  Sam.  2 ; 
7.— Isa.  45 ;  7.— Prov.  22 ;  2.— Ps.  2.3. 

28.  What  advantage  is  it  to  us  to  know  that 
God  has  created,  and  by  his  providence  doth 
still  uphold  all  things  P 

Tliat  we  may  be  patient  in  adversity  (Job 
1;  21);  thankful  in  prosperity  (1  Thess.  5; 
18);  and  that  in  all  things  which  may  here- 
after befall  us,we  place  our  firm  trust  in  our 
faithful  God  and  Father,  that  nothing  shall 
separate  us  from  his  love  (Rom.  8;  38,  39); 
since  all  creatures  are  so  in  his  hand,  that 
without  his  will  they  cannot  so  much  as 
move  (Acts  17; 28). 

Job  1;21. — The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath 
taken  away  ;  blessed  be  the  uame  of  the  Lord. — Ps. 
39;  9.— Rom.  5;  3,  4.— James  1 ;  3.— Rom.  12;  12. 

1  Thess.  5;  18. — In  everythiug  give  thanks;  for 
this  is  the  will  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus  concerning 
you.— Dent.  8;  10.— Ps.  100;  4,  5. 

Rom.  8;  38,  39. — For  I  am  persuaded,  that  neith- 
er death,  nor  life.  !Jor  angels,  nor  principalities,  uor 
powers,  nor  things  present,  nor  tilings  to  come,  nor 
height,  nor  depth,  nor  any  other  creature,  shall  be 
able  to  separate  us  from  tiie  love  of  God  which  is 
in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. — Ps.  37 ;  5. — 2  Sam.  22 ;  3. 

Acts  17 ;  28. — For  in  him  we  live,  and  move,  and 
have  our  being. — Prov.  21 ;  1. — Matt.  8;  31. 


OF   GOD   THE   SOX. 

11.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*29.   Why  is  the  Son  of  Qod  called  Jesus, 
that  ?s,  a  Saviour f 


THE   SAVIOUR.  19 

Because  lie  saveth  us,  and  delivereth  us 
from  our  sins  (Matt.  1;21);  and  likewise 
because  we  ought  not  to  seek,  neither  can 
find  salvation  in  any  other  (Acts  4;  12). 

Matt.  1  ;  21. — The  angel  said  to  Joseph:  Mary 
elinll  bring-  forth  a  sou;  and  thou  shalt  call  his 
name  Jesus;  for  he  shall  save  his  people  from 
their  Bins.— Heb.  7 ;  25. — Luke  19 ;  10. — 1  Tim.  1 ;  15. 

Acts  4  ;  12. — Neither  is  there  salvation  in  any 
other:  for  there  is  none  other  name  under  heaven 
given  among  men  whereby  we  must  be  saved. — 
Acts  3;  IG.— 1  Cor.  3;  11.— John  6;  40. 

30.  Do  such,  then^  believe  in  Jesus  the  only 
SaviouTj  wJto  seek  their  salvation  and  happi- 
ness of  saints,  of  themselves  or  anywhere  else? 

Tliey  do  not;  for  though  tliey  boast  of 
him  in  words,  yet  in  deeds  they  deny  Jesus, 
the  only  deliverer  and  Saviour:  for  one  of 
these  two  things  must  be  true,  that  either 
Jesus  is  not  a  complete  Saviour  (Col.  1 ;  19, 
20),  or  that  they,who  by  a  true  faith  receive 
this  Saviour,  must  find  all  things  in  him 
necessary  to  their  salvation  (Heb.  7  ;  25). 

Ool.  1 ;  19,  20.— For  it  pleased  the  Father  that  in 
him  should  nil  fulness  dwell;  and  having  made 
peace  through  the  blood  of  the  cross,  by  him  to 
reconcile  all  things  unto  himself. — Col.  2  ;  10. — 1 
Cor.  1 ;  13.— John  10;  11.— John  17;  4. 

Heb.  7 ;  25. — He  is  able  to  save  them  to  the  ut- 
termost that  come  unto  God  by  him,  seeing  he  ever 
liveth  to  make  intercession  for  them. — John  1 ;  14. 
John  1 ;  16.— Heb.  12 ;  2.— Acts  16 ;  31. 

12.    LORD'S  DAY. 
*31.   Why   is    he   called    Christ,  that  is, 
anointed? 


20  THE   SAVIOUR. 

Because  be  is  ordained  of  God  tlie  Father, 
and  anointed  with  the  Holy  Ghost  (Acts  10 ; 
38),  to  be  onr  chief  Prophet  and  Teacher 
(John  6;  14);  v.  ho  has  iiiily  revealed  to  us 
the  secret  counsel  and  will  of  God  concern- 
ing our  redemption  (John  1  ;18);  and  to  be 
our  only  Hiii;ii  Priest  ( Heb.  o;  1),  who,  by 
the  one  sacrilice  of  his  body,  has  redeemed 
us  (Heb.  9  ;  20),  and  makes  continual  inter- 
cession with  the  Father  lor  us  (Heb.  7;  25); 
and  also  to  be  our  eternal  Kini>;  (Fs.  2;  6), 
who  iiioverns  us  by  his  word  and  Spirit  (Ps. 
73 ;  24),  and  who  defends  and  preserves  us 
in  the  enjoyment  oi'  that  salvation  he  has 
purchased  ibr  us  (John  10;  27,  28). 

Acts  10;:W. —  God  {iiiointed  JesjiR  of  N.-izareth 
with  the  Holv  (ihosl  niul  with  power. — Act.t  4;  27. 
—Luke  4 ;  18.*— Acts  2 ;  ;J0.— lleb.  1 ;  9. 

John  0;  14.— This  is  of  a  tnuli  tii.-it  Pioplirt  IliMt 
should  ooine  into  the  world. — ,1(7.^ ;{;  2l'. — M:itt.  17  ; 
5.— Deut.  18;  15— John  1;  i». 

John  1 ;  18. — Xo  m:\n  hatli  seen  (Jod  .-ii  :iny  linr  : 
the  only-t)<'i>;otteii  Son,  wldeh  is  in  lh(!  bosom  of 
tlie  Faliier,  he  haili  deelarcd  him. — ./oA/i  15;  15. — 
Jolm  11;(;.— John  1;  17.— lleb  '.);  15. 

lleb.  :{;  1.— Holy  bivilircn,  partakers  of  tlu' 
heMvenly  (aHinjj;-,  consider  the  Apostle  and  lllj;li 
Priest  of  onr  profession,  Christ  Jesus. — Fs.  110;  4. 
—lleb.  7;21.— 1  John  L>;1.— 1  Tim.  2; 5,  6. 

lleb.  9;  20.— For  by  one  olVerinir  he  hath  po:- 
fecietl  forever  them  that  are  sancllllcd. — Hib.lO', 
10. — 1  Cor.  5;  7. — 1  I'et.  ;>;1.S. 

lleb.  7;  25. — He  ever  livetli.to  make  intereession 
for  them. — Rom.  8 ;  34. — John  17  ;  D. 

Ps.  2;  6.— I  have  set  my  king  upon  my  holy  hill 
of  Zion.— John  18;  87.— Luke  1 ;  :{H.— Hev.  17;  14. 


THE    SAVIOUR.  21 

Ps.  73;  24. — Thou  sb.-ilt  guide  me  with  thy  coun- 
sel, and  nfter\v.-ii-d  receive  me  to  glory. — Isa.  2;  3. 
— Ps.  Ill) ;  105.— John  16 ;  13.~-Aets  5 ;  31. 

Johu  10;  2/,  28. — M}^  sheep  hear  my  voice,  and 
I  know  them,  .-nid  they  follow  me;  and  I  give  unto 
them  elerual  life;  and  they  shall  never  perish, 
neither  tjhall  any  man  pluck  them  out  of  my  hand. 
Heb.  7 ;  24,  2.").— 1  Cor.  15;  25.— Matt.  16 ;  18. 

*32.  Bui  why  art  thou  called  a  Christian? 

Because  1  am  a  member  of  Christ  by  faith 
(Gal.  2;  20);  and  thus  am  partaker  of  his 
anointing  (1  Cor.  1 ;  21);  that  so  I  may  con- 
fess his  name  (Matt.  10;  82),  and  present 
mysejf  a  living  sacrifice  of  thankfulness  to 
him  (iiom.  12 ;  1);  and  also,  that  with  a  free 
and  good  conscience  I  may  fight  against  sin 
and  Satan  in  this  life  (Eph.  6  ;  11, 12);  and 
afterwards  reign  with  him  eternally,  over 
all  creatures  (2  Tim.  2;  12). 

Gal.  2  ;  20.— The  life  which  I  now  live  in  the 
flesh,  I  live  by  the  faith  of  the  Son  of  God.— CoZ. 
2 ;  6,  7.— 1  Cor.  6 ;  17.— 1  Cor.  12 ;  27. 

1  Cor.  1 ;  21.— Now  he  which  stablisheth  us  with 
you  in  Christ,  and  hath  anointed  us,  is  God. — 1 
John  2  ;  27.-2  Cor.  1 ;  21,  22.— Isa.  59 ;  21. 

Matt.  10;  32.— Whosoever,  therefore,  shall  con- 
fess me  before  men,  him  will  I  confess  also  before 
my  Father  which  is  in  heaven.— 1  Pet.  2;  9.— Rom. 
10;  9.-1  John  4;  15.— Rom.  10;  9,  10. 

Rom.  12  ;1. — I  beseech  you  therefore,  brethren, 
by  the  mercies  of  God,  that  ye  present  your  bodies 
a  living  sacrifice,  holy,  acceptable  unto  God,  which 
is  your  reasonable  service. — 1  Pet.  2 ;  5. 

Eph.  6;  11,  12.— Put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God, 
that  ye  may  be  able  to  stand  against  the  wiles  of 
the  devil.— Rom.  6 ;  12,  13.— 1  Pet.  5 ;  8,  9.— 1  Tim. 
1;18. 


22  THE   DIVINITY   OF  CHRIST. 

2  Tim.  2;  12. — If  we  suffer,  we  shall  also  reign 
with  him.— Rev.  3;  21.— Rev.  2;  10. 

13.    LORD'S  DAY. 

33.  Why  is  Christ  called  the  only -begotten 
Son  of  God^  since  ive  are  also  the  children  of 
God? 

Because  Christ  alone  is  the  eternal  (John 
1 ;  1)  and  natural  Son  of  God  (Heb.  1 ;  2, 
3);  but  we  are  children  adopted  of  God,  by 
grace,  for  his  sake  (Gal.  3 ;  26). 

John  1 ;  1. — In  tlie  heginninc:  wns  the  "Word,  and 
the  Word  was  with  Gtxl,  and  the  Word  was  God. — 
Heb.  1;  8.— John  17;  5.— 1  John  1 ;  l-;{.— John  8; 
58.— Col.  2;9.— Ileb.  13;8.— Eph.  3;  9. 

Heb.  1 ;  2,  3.— God  hatli  in  these  last  days  spok- 
en unto  us  by  his  Son,  whom  ho  hath  appointed 
heir  of  all  things,  by  whom  also  he  made  the 
worlds. — JoJin  5-18. — John  3;1G. —  Rom.  8;  32. — 
1  John  5 ;  20.— John  1 ;  14.— John  5 ;  26.— Col.  1 ;  15. 

Gal.  3;  26.— For  ye  are  all  the  children  of  God 
by  faith  in  Christ  Jesus.— JoA/i  1 ;  12.— Eph.  1 ;  3-6. 
—Rom.  8 ;  14,  15.-1  John  3 ;  1.— Rom.  8 ;  17. 

34.  Wherefore  callest  thou  him.  Our  Lord? 

Because  he  has  redeemed  us,  both  soul 
and  body,  from  all  our  sins  (1  Cor.  6;  20); 
not  with  gold  or  silver,  but  with  his  precious 
blood  (Col.  1  ;  14);  and  has  delivered  us 
from  all  the  ])o\vor  of  tlio  dovil,  nud  thus 
made  us  his  own  ]>roperty  (Heb.  2;  14,  15). 

1  Cor.  6; 20. — For  ye  are  bought  with  a  price: 
therefore  glorify  God  in  your  body,  and  in  your 
spirit,  which  are  God's. — Tilm  2  ;  14. — Gal.  4;  4,  5. 
—Mark  10 ;  45.— Rev.  5 ;  9.— Acts  20 ;  28. 

Col.  1  ;  14. —  In  whom  we  have  redemption 
throujjh  his  blood,  even  the  forgiveness  of  sing. — 1 


THE   INCARNATION.  28 

Pet.  1 ;  18,  19.— 1  John  1 ;  7.— 1  Cor.  7 ;  23.— 1  Tim. 
2 ;  6.— Rev.  1 ;  5.— Eph.  1 ;  7. 

Heb.  2  ;  14,  15.— That  through  death  he  might 
destroy  him  that  had  the  power  of  death,  that  is, 
tlie  devil.— 1  John  3 ;  8.-1  Pet.  2 ;  9. 

14.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*35.  What  is  the  meaning  of  the  words,  ''He 
was  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghost.,  horn  of  the 
Virgin  MaryP'' 

That  God's  eternal  Son,  who  is,  and  con- 
tinues true  and  eternal  God  (1  John  5 ;  20); 
took  upon  him  the  very  nature  of  man,  of 
the  flesh  and  blood  of  the  Virgin  Mary  (Gal. 
4  ;  4)  by  the  operation  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
(Luke  1 ;  34, 35);  that  he  might  also  be  the 
true  seed  of  David  (Acts  13;  23);  like  unto 
his  brethren  in  all  things,  sin  excepted 
(Heb.  4;  15). 

1  John  5;  20. — This  is  the  true  God,  and  eternal 
me.— Rom.  9 ;  5.— Heb.  1 ;  10,  12.— Heb.  13 ;  8. 

Gal,  4;  4. — When  the  fulness  of  time  was  come, 
God  sent  forth  his  Son,  made  of  a  woman. — 1  John 
4 ;  3.— Isa.  7 ;  14.— Luke  2 ;  7.— Heb.  2 ;  16.— John  1 ; 
14.-1  Tim.  3 ;  16.— Matt.  1 ;  1. 

Luke  1 ;  34,  35.— The  Holy  Ghost  shall  come  up- 
on thee,  and  the  power  of  the  Highest  shall  over- 
shadow thee ;  therefore  also  that  holy  thing, which 
shall  be  born  of  thee,  shall  be  called  the  Son  of 
God.— Matt.  1 ;  IS. 

Acts  13;  23.— Of  this  man's  (David's)  seed  hath 
God  according  to  his  promise,  raised  unto  Israel  a 
Saviour,  Jesus.— Ps.  132 ;  11.— Acts  2 ;  30. 

Heb.  4  ;  15.  —  But  (Christ)  was  in  all  points 
tempted  like  as  we  are,  yet  without  sin. — Heb.  2; 
17.— Phil.  2;  7.— Rom.  1  ;  3,  4.-1  John  3;5.— 1 
Pet.  2;  22.— John  8;4G.— 2  Cor.  5;  21. 


24  THE   BUFFERINGS   OF   CHRIST.     , 

36.  What  profit  dost  thou  receive  by  ChrisVs 
holy  conception  and  nativity? 

That  he  is  our  Mediator  (1  Tim.  2  ;  5); 
and  with  his  innocence  and  perfect  holiness 
covers,  in  the  sight  of  God,  my  sins  (Rev. 
1;5);  wherein  1  was  conceived  and  brought 
forth  (Ps.  51;  5). 

1  Tim.  2 ;  5. — For  there  is  one  God,  and  one  Me- 
diator between  God  and  men,  the  man  Christ  Jcbus. 
—Heh.  12 ;  24.— Heb.  8 ;  6.— Heb.  9 ;  15. 

Rev.  1 ;  5. — Unto  him  tliat  loved  us,  and  washed 
us  from  our  sins  in  his  own  blood. — Heh.  7;2G. — 
1  John  1 ;  7.-^ohn  1 ;  29.— Rev.  7 ;  14. 

Ps.  51 ;  5. — Behold,  I  was  shapen  in  iniquity ;  and 
in  sin  did  my  mother  conceive  me. — John  3;  6. 

15.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*37.  What  dost  thou  understand  by  the  words^ 
He  suffered? 

That  he,  all  the  time  he  lived  on  earth 
(Isa.  53 ;  3),  but  especially  at  the  end  of  his 
life,  sustained  in  body  and  soul,  the  wrath 
of  God  against  the  sins  of  mankind  (Matt. 
26;  38);  that  so  by  his  passion,  as  the  only 
propitiatory  sacrifice  (Heb.  9 ;  12),  he  might 
redeem  our  body  and  soul  from  everlasting 
damnation  (1  John  4;  9),  and  obtain  for  us 
the  favor  of  God,  righteousness,  and  eternal 
life  (Rom.  5;  2). 

Isa.  53;  3. — He  is  despised  and  rejected  of  men, 
a  man  of  sorrows  and  acquainted  with  grief. — 
Luke  12 ;  50.— lleb.  5 ;  7-10. 

Matt.  26;  38. — My  soul  is  exceeding*  sorrowful, 
even  unto  death.— 3/a«.  27;  40. — Isn.  53;  4-7. — 1 
Fet.  2 ;  24.— Matt.  20 ;  19.— John  12  ;  27. 


THE   SUFFERINGS  OF   CHRIST.  25 

Heb.  9;]2. — Neither  by  the  blood  of  goats  or 
calves,  but  by  his  own  blood,  he  entered  in  once 
into  the  holy  place,  having  obtained  eternal  re- 
demption for  us. — 1  John  2 ;  2. — Heb.  9 ;  26. — Heb. 
7 ;  27.— Phil.  2 ;  8.— Heb.  12 ;  2. 

1  John  4 ;  9. — God  sent  his  only-begotten  Son  into 
the  world,  that  we  might  live  through  him. — John 
3 ;  14,  15.— John  3 ;  36.— Rom.  5 ;  15.— Heb.  9 ;  12. 

Rom.  5  ;  2. — By  whom  also  we  have  access  by 
faith  into  this  grace  wherein  we  stand,  and  rejoice 
in  hope  of  the  glory  of  God. — John  1 ;  17. — 2  Cor. 
5 ;  21.— Gal.  6 ;  14.— Eph.  2 ;  16,  17. 

38.  ^Vhy  did  Christ  suffer  under  Pontius 
Pilate^  as  his  judge? 

That  lie,  being  innocent,  and  yet  con- 
demned by  a  temporal  judge  (John  18388), 
might  thereby  free  us  from  the  severe  judg- 
ment of  God,  to  which  we  were  exposed 
(Isa.  53;5). 

Johnl8;38. — He  [Pilate]  went  out  again  unto  the 
Jews,  and  said  unto  them,  1  find  in  him  no  fault  at 
all.— Luke  23;  14,  15.— Matt.  27;  19,  24. 

Isa.  53;  5. — The  chastisement  of  our  peace  was 
upon  him ;  and  with  his  stripes  we  are  healed. — 
Mom.  8 ;  34.— Gal.  3 ;  13,  14.— John  3 ;  18. 

39.  Is  there  anything  more  in  his  being  cruci- 
fied than  if  he  had  died  some  other  death  f 

Yes,  there  is ;  for  thereby  I  am  assured 
that  he  took  on  him  the  curse  which  lay 
upon  me  (Gal.  3;  13);  for  the  death  of  the 
cross  was  accursed  of  God  (Gal.  3;  13). 

Gal.  3 ;  13. — Christ  hatli  redeemed  us  from  the 
curse  of  the  law,  being  made  a  curse  for  us. — Phil. 
2  ;  8,  9.— Gnl.  3  ;  10.— Col.  2  ;  14. 

Gal.  3 ;  13. — For  it  is  written,  Cursed  is  everyone 
that  hangeth  on  a  tree. — Dcut.  21 ;  23. 


26  THE   DEATH   OF  CHRIST. 

16.    LORD'S  rxAY. 

*40.  Why  ivas  it  necessary  for  Christ  to  hum- 
ble himself  even  unto  death  ? 

Because  with  respect  to  the  justice  (Rom. 
1;  32),  and  truth  of  God,  satisfaction  for 
our  sins  could  be  made  no  otherwise  than 
by  the  death  of  the  Son  of  God  (Gen.  2 ;  lY). 

Rom.  1 ;  32.— Knowing  the  jiulgment  of  God,  that 
they  which  commit  snch  things  are  worthy  of 
death.— /^om.  8 ;  3.— Heb.  9 ;  28.  -I.uke  24 ;  26. 

Gen.  2  ;  17.— For  in  the  day  that  thou  eatest 
thereof  thou  shalt  surely  die.— Gm.  3;  15. — Heb. 
2 ;  9.-1  Pet.  3 ;  18.-1  Cor.  15 ;  3. 

41.  Why  was  he  also  '"''buried  f^^ 
Thereby  to  prove  that  he  was  really  dead 

(1  Cor.  15  ;  3,  4). 

1  Cor.  15 ;  3, 4. — For  I  delivered  unto  you  first  of 
all,  that  which  I  also  received,  how  that  Christ 
died  for  our  sins  according  to  the  Scriptures ;  and 
that  he  was  buried.  Mark.  15 ;  42-45. — Acts  13 ;  29. 
^Isa.  53 ;  9.— Luke  23 ;  52-53. 

42.  Since^  then^  Christ  died  for  us,  why  must 
we  also  die? 

Our  death  is  not  a  satisfaction  for  our 
sins,  but  only  an  abolishing  of  sin  (Rom.  6; 
7);  and  a  passage  into  eternal  life  (Phil.  1; 
21). 

Rom.  6 ;  7. — For  he  that  is  dead  is  freed  from  sin. 
—Heh.  4 ;  10.— Matt.  16 ;  26.— 1  Pet.  4 ;  1. 

Phil.  1 ;  21.— For  me  to  live  is  Christ,  and  to  die 
is  gain.— P/uZ.  1;  23.— John  5;  24.— 2  Cor.  5;1.— 
Rev.  14;  13.— Heb.  4;  10.— Luke  23;  43. 

43.  What  further  benefit  do  we  receive  from 
the  sacrifice  and  death  of  Christ  on  th^  cross  f 


THE  DEATH  OF  CHRIST.  27 

That  by  virtue  thereof  our  old  man  is 
crucified  (Rom.  6  ;  6),  dead  (Rom.  6  ;  8), 
and  buried  with  him  (Rom.  6;  4);  that  so 
the  corrupt  inclinations  of  the  tiesh  may  no 
more  reign  in  us  (Rom.  6 :  14);  but  that  we 
may  ofi"er  ourselves  unto  him  a  sacrifice  of 
thanksgiving  (Rom.  6 ;  13). 

Kom.6;6. — Knowing  this,  that  our  old  man  is 
crucilied  with  him. — Gal.  5;  24. — Gal.  2;  20. 

Rom.  6 ;  8, — Xow,  if  we  be  dead  with  Christ,  we 
believe  that  we  shall  also  live  with  him. — Rom.^i 
11.— Col.  8 ;  3.— Phil.  3 ;  10. 

Rom.  6 ;  4. — We  are  buried  with  him  by  baptism 
unto  death. — Col.  2 ;  12. 

Rom.  6  ;  14. — For  sin  shall  not  hnve  dominion 
over  you ;  for  ye  are  not  under  the  l.i  w,  but  under 
grace.— i?o?n.  6;6.— 1  Thess.  5;5.— Eph.  5;  8. 

Rom.  6 ;  13. — Yield  yourselves  unto  God,  as  those 
that  are  alive  from  the  dead. — Rom.  12 ;  1. — Ps.  51 ; 
17.-2  Cor.  5 ;  15.— Eph.  4 ;  22.-001.  3 ;  9. 

*44.  Why  is  there  added ^  ''''He  descended 
into  helW^ 

That,  in  my  greatest  temptations,  I  may 
be  assured  and  wholly  comfort  myself  in 
this  (John  16 ;  33) :  that  my  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  by  his  inexpressible  anguish,  pains, 
terrors,  and  hellish  agonies  (Ps.  86;  13),  in 
which  he  was  plunged  during  all  his  suffer- 
ings, but  especially  on  the  cross  (Mark  15 ; 
34),  hath  delivered  me  from  the  anguish 
and  torments  of  hell  (1  Cor.  15;  55,  57). 

John  16 ;  33. — But  be  of  good  cheer :  I  have  over- 
come the  world. — John  14 ;  \. — John  14;  16. 

Ps.  86 ;  13, — Thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from 
the  lowest  hell.— Ps.  30 ;  3.— Matt.  26 ;  37,  38.— Isa, 
53 ;  3.— Isa.  53 ;  4-9.— Heb.  5 ;  7. 


28  THE   RESUKKECTION    OF   CHRIST. 

Mark  15;  34. — My  God,  my  God,  vvliy  hast  thou 
forsaken  me  ? — Im.  53 ;  10. — Luke  12 ;  50. 

1  Cor.  15;  55,  57. — O  death,  where  is  lliy  stiii<2;? 
O  grave,  m  here  is  thy  victory  ?.  .  .  Ihit  thanks  he  to 
God,  whieli  giveth  ns  the  victory  through  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ. — Isa.  53;  4. — 1  'i'hess.  1 ;  10. 

17.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*45.  WJiat  docs  the  rcmrrcction  of  Christ 
profit  us  ? 

First:  by  his  resurrection  lie  hath  over- 
come death  (Ivoni.  0  ;  D),  that  he  might 
make  us  partakers  of  that  righteousness 
which  he  liad  purchased  for  us  by  hisdeatli 
(Rom.  4 ;  25).  Secondly,  we  are  also  by  his 
power  raised  up  to  a  new  life  (Rom. 6  ;  4). 
And,  lastly,  the  resurrection  of  Christ  is  a 
sure  pled^^fc  of  our  blessed  resurrection  (1 
Cor.  15;  20). 

Rom.  6 ;  9. — Knowing  that  Christ  heing  raised 
from  tlie  dead,  dieth  no  more ;  deatli  hatli  no  more 
dominion  over  him. — Col.  2;  15. — 1  Cor.  15; 54-57. 
— lleh.  2  ;  14.— llev.  1 ;  18.— riiil.  3  ;  10. 

Rom.  4  ;  25. — Wlio  was  dcMvcrcd  tor  our  offenses, 
and  was  raised  ag.-iin  for  our  iustification. — 1  Cor. 
15;  17,  18.— Titus  2;  6.— 2  Cor.  5;  21.— Heb.  9;  28. 

Rom.  fi;4. — Tlierefore  we  are  buried  with  him 
by  b.-iptisiii  unto  deatli;  that  like  as  Christ  was 
raised  up  from  tlie  dead  by  the  glory  of  the  Father, 
even  so  we  also  should  walk  in  newness  of  life. — 
Col.  2  ;  I'i,  13.-1  Pet.  1 ;  3.-2  Tim.  1 ;  10. 

1  Cor.  15;  20. — But  now  is  Christ  risen  from  the 
dead,  and  become  the  first-fruits  of  them  that  slept. 
—1  Thess.  4;  14.— Horn.  S;  11.— Acts  20;  23. 

18.    LORD'S   DAY. 
*46.  How  dost  thou  understand  these  words., 
He  ascended  into  heaven? 


THE    ASCENSION   OF   CHRIST.  29 

That  Christ,  in  the  sight  of  his  disciples, 
was  taken  up  ivom  the  earth  into  heaven 
(Acts  1 ;  9);  and  tiiat  lie  continues  there  for 
our  interest  (John  16  ;  7);  until  he  come 
again  to  iudge  the  quick  and  dead  (Acts  3; 
21). 

Acts  1 ;  9. — While  the\'  belifUi.he  w.-is  Inken  up; 
and  a  cloutl  received  liiin  out  of  ilieir  sight. — Mark 
IG;  19.— Luke  24;  50,  51.— 1  Pet.  3;  22. 

John  16  ;  7. — It  is  expedient  f(»r  you  that  I  go 
away;  for  if  I  go  not  away,  tlie  C  oniforter  will  not 
come  unto  you;  but  if  I  depart  i  will  send  him 
unto  you. — Rom.  8;  o4. — Heb.  4;  14. — Col.  3;1. 

Acts  3;  21. — Whom  the  lieaven  nuist  receive  un- 
til the  times  of  restitution  of  all  things  which  God 
hath  spoken  b}^  the  mouth  of  all  his  holy  ])rophets, 
since  the  world  began. — .l(7.sl;ll. — ^latt.  24  ;  30. 
2  Tim.  4;!.— Acts  10;  42.— 11  eb.  7;  25. 

47.  Is  not  Christ  then  tvith  us,  even  to  the 
end  of  the  world,  as  he  hath  promised  f 

Christ  is  very  man  and  very  God:  with 
respect  to  his  human  nature, he  is  no  more 
on  earth  (John  If) ;  28);  ])ut  with  respect  to 
his  Godiiead,  majesty,  grace,  nnd  Spirit, he 
is  at  no  time  absent  from  us  (Matt.  28;  20). 

John  IG;  28. — Again,  I  leave  the  world  and  go  to 
the  Father.— il/aY/.  2G;11.— Heb.  8;  4.— Acts  3;  21. 

Matt.  28;  20. — T.o,  I  am  with  you  always,  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world.— il/«//.  18;  20.— Jer.  23; 
24.— Ps.  139 ;  7-10.— John  14 ;  16. 17.— 2  Cor.  13 ;  14. 

48.  But  if  his  hur)ian  nature  is  not  j)re>^ent 
wherever  his  Godhead  is,  are^  then,  these  tivo 
natures  in  Christ  separated  from  one  another? 

Not  at  all;  for  since  the  Godhead  is  incom- 
prehensible and  omnipresent  (Job  11 ;  7-9), 


30  THE  ASCENSION  OP  CHRIST. 

it  must  necessarily  follow  that  the  same  is 
not  limited  with  the  human  nature  he  as- 
sumed, and  yet  remains  personally  united 
to  it  (John  3;  13). 

Job  11;  7-9. — Caiisr  thou  by  8e;nching  find  out 
God  •?  Canst  thou  find  out  the  Ahnighty  unto  per- 
fection ?  It  is  ns  hioh  as  heaven  ;  what  canst  tliou 
do?  deeper  than  liell;  what  canst  thou  know? — 
Acts  17 ;  27.— 1  Kings  8 ;  27.— Acts  7 ;  49. 

John  3  ;  13. — And  no  man  hath  ascended  up  to 
heaven,  but  he  that  came  down  from  heaven,  even 
the  Son  of  man  which  is  in  lieuveii. — Col.  2;  9. — 
Phil.  2;  G,  7.— Heb.  1 ;  3. 

49.  Of  what  advantage  to  us  is  ChrisVs  as- 
cension into  heaven  f 

First,  that  he  is  our  Advocate  in  the  pres- 
ence of  his  Father  in  heaven  (Heb.  9;  24); 
secondly,  that  we  have  our  tiesh  in  heaven, 
as  a  sure  pledge  that  he,  as  the  head,  will 
also  take  up  to  himself,  us,  his  members 
(John  14;  2,  3);  and,  thirdly,  that  he  sends 
us  his  Spirit,  as  an  earnest,  by  whose  power 
we  ''seek  the  things  which  are  above,  where 
Christ  sitteth  at  the  right  hand  of  God,  and 
not  things  on  earth"  (John  16;  7). 

Heb.  9;  24. — For  Clirist  is  not  entered  into  the 
holy  places  made  with  hands,  which  are  the  figures 
of  the  true;  but  into  heaven  itself,  now  to  appear 
in  the  presence  of  God  for  us. — 1  John  2 ;  1. — Rom. 
8 ;  34.— John  17 ;  20,  21  .—Heb.  7 ;  25. 

John  14 ;  2,  3. — I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you. 
And  if  I  go  and  prepare  a  place  for  you,  I  will  come 
again  and  receive  you  unto  myself;  that  where  1 
am,  there  ye  may  be  also. — Eph.  2;  4-6. — Eph.  1; 
22.— 1  Tor.  12:  27.— 1  Theps.  4;  17.— Eph.  5;  30. 


THE   GLORY  OF   CHRIST.  31 

John  16;  7. — Nevertheless  1  tell  you  the  truth; 
it  is  expedient  for  you  that  I  go  away;  for  if  I  go 
not  away  the  (Jomforter  will  not  come  unto  you; 
but  if  1  depart  I  will  send  him  unto  you. — Eph.  1 ; 
13,  14.— 2  Cor.  1 ;  22— Col.  3 ;  1-3.— Fhil.  3 ;  20. 

19.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*50.  Why  is  it  added^  And  sitteth  at  the 
right  hand  of  God? 

Because  Christ  is  ascended  into  heaven 
for  this  end,  that  he  mi£:ht  there  appear  as 
head  of  his  Church  (Eph.  1 ;  22);  by  whom 
the  Father  governs  all  things  (Matt.  28  ;  18). 

Eph.  1 ;  22. — And  hath  put  all  things  under  his 
feet,  and  gave  him  to  be  the  head  over  all  things  to 
the  church.— Heb.  1 ;  3.— Heb.  8;1.— 1  Pet.  3;  22. 

Matt.  28  ;  18.  —  All  power  is  given  unto  me  in 
heaven  and  in  earth. — 1  Cor.  15;  25. — John  5;  22. 

51.  What  profit  is  this  glory  of  Christ,  our 
head,  unto  usf 

First,  that  by  his  Holy  Spirit  he  poureth 
out  heavenly  graces  upon  us,  his  members 
(Acts  2 ;  33);  and  then,  that  by  his  power 
he  defends  and  preserves  us  against  all  his 
enemies  (John  10;  28). 

Acts  2 ;  33. — Therefore  being  at  the  right  hand  of 
God  exalted,  and  having  received  of  the  Father  the 
promise  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  he  hath  shed  forth  this, 
which  ye  now  see  and  hear.— £'p/i.  4 ;  8. — Acts  10 ; 
45.-1  John  14 ;  26.— John  16 ;  13. 

John  10 ;  28.— And  I  give  unto  them  eternal  life : 
and  they  shall  never  perish,  neither  shall  any  man 
pluck  them  out  of  my  hand.— /o/in  16;  33.-2  Cor. 
12;  9.-1  Cor.  15;  25-27.— Rom.  8;  34-39. 


S2  HIS   SECOND   COMING. 

*52.  What  comfort  is  it  to  thee^  that  Christ 
shall  come  again  to  judge  the  quick  and  the 
dead? 

That  in  all  my  sorrows  and  persecutions, 
witli  uplifted  head,  I  look  ior  the  very  same 
person  (Luke  21;  28);  who  before  offered 
himself,  for  my  sake,  to  the  tribunal  of  God, 
and  hath  removed  all  curse  from  me, to  come 
as  judge  from  heaven  (Acts  10  ;  42);  who 
shall  cast  all  his  and  my  enemies  unto  ever- 
lasting condemnation  (2  Thess.  1  ;  7-10); 
but  shall  translate  me,  with  all  his  chosen 
ones,  to  himself,  with  heavenly  joys  and 
glory  (John  14;  3). 

Luke  21 ;  28. — And  when  these  things  beghi  to 
come  to  pass,  then  look  up,  luid  lift  up  your  heads, 
for  your  redemption  draweth  nigh. — .1  ("/,•,•  1 ;  11. — 
1  Thess.  4;  lG-18.— Phil.  H;  20.— Col.  3;  4. 

Acts  10;  42. — And  he  conuuanded  us  to  preach 
unto  the  people,  and  to  testify  that  it  is  he  (Christ) 
which  was  ordained  of  God  to  be  the  Judge  of  quick 
and  dead. — John  lU;  M. — Gal  3;  13. — Rom.  8;1. 

2  Thess.  1 ;  7-10. — When  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
.<iiall  be  revealed  from  heaven  with  his  mighty 
angels,  in  tlaming  tire,  taking  vengeance  on  them 
that  know  not  God,  and  that  obey  not  the  gospel 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.— i?et'.  20;  10.— Matt.  29; 
41.— Jude  6.— Isa.  35;  10. 

John  14 ;  3. — And  if  I  go  and  prepare  a  place  for 
you,  I  will  come  again  and  receive  you  unto  my- 
self; that  where  I  am,  there  ye  may  be  also. — John 
17 ;  24.— 1  Thess.  4 ;  17.— Matt.  25 ;  34. 


GOD   THE   HOLY  GHOST.  33 

OF   GOD  THE   HOLY  GHOST. 


20.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*53.  What  dost  thou  believe  concerning  the 
Holy  Ghost  f 

First,  that  he  is  true  and  co-eternal  God 
with  the  Father  and  the  Son  (Acts  5;  3, 4); 
secondly,  that  he  is  also  given  me  (Acts  2; 
38),  to  make  me  by  a  true  faith  a  partaker 
of  Christ  and  all  his  benefits  (1  Cor.  12 ;  3); 
that  he  may  comfort  me  and  abide  with 
me  forever  (John  14;  16). 

Acts  5;  3,  4. — Why  hath  Satan  filled  thy  heart 

to  lie  to  the  Holy  Ghost thou  hast  not  lied 

unto  men,  but  unto  God. — 1  Cor.  3;  16. — Heb.  9; 
14.— 1  Cor.  G ;  19.— Isa.  48 ;  16. 

Acts  2;  38. — Repent,  and  be  baptized  every  one 
of  you,  in  tlie  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins,  and  ye  sliall  receive  the  g;ift  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.— ylc/s  5;  32.— 1  Thess.  4;  8.— 2  Cor.  1; 
22.— 1  John  3;  24.— 1  John  4;  13. 

1  Cor.  12 ;  3. — Xo  man  can  say  that  Jesus  is  the 
Lord,  but  by  the  Holy  Gho»t.—Eplt.  3;  14,  16.— 
Rom.  8,  9.— Eph.  3;  17.— 1  John  4;  13. 

John  14;  16.— And  I  will  pray  the  Father,  and 
he  shall  give  you  another  Comforter,  that  he  may 
abide  with  you  forever;  even  the  Spirit  of  truth. — 
John  14;  26.— John  15;  26.— Acts  9;  31. 

21.    LORD'S  DAY. 
*54.     What   believest  thou   concerning  the 
^'Holy  Catholic  Church^''  of  Christ? 

That  the  Son  of  God,  from  the  beginning 
to  the  end  of  the  world,  gathers  (Eph.  1; 
10),  defends  and  preserves  to  himself  (Matt. 


34  THE   CHRISTIAN   CHURCH. 

16  ;  18),  by  his  Spirit  and  word  (Eom.  1; 
16),  out  of  the  whole  human  race,  a  church 
chosen  to  everlasting  life  (Rev.5 ;  9);  agree- 
ing in  true  faith  (Eph.  4  ;  13);  and  that  I 
am,  and  for  ever  shall  remain,  a  living 
member  thereof  (Ps.  23  ;  6). 

Eph.  1 ;  10.— Th;it  in  the  dispensation  of  times, 
he  miglit  gather  together  in  one,  all  things  in 
Christ,  both  which  are  in  heaven,  and  which  are 
in  eM'th.— Eph.  4;  11,  12.— Luke  11  ;  49-51.— Heb. 
11  chap.— 1  Cor.  12  ;  13.— John  17;  20,  21. 

Matt.  1G;18. — And  I  say  unto  thee, That  thou  art 
Peter,  and  upon  this  rock  I  will  build  my  church ; 
and  the  gates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail  against  it. — 
John  10;' 28.— Matt.  28;  20.— Ps.  2;  G-8. 

Rom.  1 ;  16. — For  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the  gos- 
pel of  Christ :  for  it  is  the  power  of  God  unto  sal- 
vation to  everv  one  that  belie veth. — Rom.  15  ;  17- 
19.— Rom.  10;"l4-17.— Rom.  8;  16. 

Rev.  5;  9. — For  thou  wast  slain,  and  hast  re- 
deemed us  to  God  by  thy  blood,  out  of  every  kin- 
dred and  touiiiiie,  and  people  and  nation. — Isa.  43; 
5-7.— Rom.  8 ;  30.— 1  Pet.  2 ;  9.— Eph.  1 ;  4. 

Eph.  4;  13. —  Till  we  m11  come  in  the  unity  of  the 
faith,  and  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Son  of  God. — 
Eph.  4;  4-6.— Epli.  2;  19-22. 

Ps.  23;  6. — Surely  goodness  and  mercy  have  fol- 
lowed me  all  the  days  of  my  life ;  and  I  will  dwell 
in  the  house  of  the'  Lord  forever.—  Eph.  2 ;  19-22. 
—1  Cor.  1 ;  8,  9. — John  10;  28.— 1  Pet.  1 ;  5. 

*55.  What  do  you  understand  hy^  "  The 
Communion  of  sainti^f'' 

First,  that  all  and  every  one  who  believes, 
being  members  of  Christ,  are  in  common 
partakers  of  him  (1  John  1 ;  3);  and  of  all 
his  riches  and  gifts  (Kom.  8;32):  secondly, 


THE  FORGIVENESS  OF   SINS.  35 

that  every  one  must  know  it  to  be  his  duty, 
readily  and  cheerfully  to  employ  his  gilts 
for  the  advantage  and  salvation  of  other 
members  (1  Pet.  4  ;  10). 

1  John  1 ;  o. — And  truly  our  fellowship  is  with 
the  F.'ither,  und  with  his  Son  Jesus  Christ. — 1  Cor. 
6;  17.— Col.  2  ;  19.— 1  Cor.  12 ;  12,  13. 

Kora.  8;  32. — lie  that  spared  not  his  own  Son, 
but  delivered  him  up  for  us  all,  how  shall  he  not 
with  him  also  freely  give  us  all  things. — John  1; 
16.— Kom.  5;  o-iO.— 1   Pet.  2  ;  8,  10. 

1  Fet.  4 ;  10. — As  every  man  hath  received  the 
gift,  even  so  minister  the  same  one  to  another,  as 
good  stewards  of  the  manifold  grace  of  God. — Eph. 
4;  15,  16.— Phil.  2;  3,  4.— Eph.  4;  25.— Eom.  12;  5. 

*5n.  What  helieve^t  thou  concerning.,  ''''The 
Forgiveness  of  sinsf 

That  God,  for  the  sake  of  Christ's  satisfac- 
tion (Eph.  1 ;  7.), will  no  more  remember  my 
sins  (Jer.  31;  34),  neither  my  corrupt  na- 
ture, against  which  I  have  to  struggle  all 
my  life  long  (Rom.  7  ;  24,  25);  but  will 
graciously  impute  to  me  the  righteousness 
of  Christ  (Rom.  3 ;  24),  that  I  may  never  be 
condemned  before  the  tribunal  of  God 
(Rom.  S;l). 

Eph.  1 ;  7.  —  In  whom  we  have  redemption 
through  his  blood,  the  forgiveness  of  sins. — 1  John 
2 ;  2.— 2' Cor.  5 ;  19.— John  1 ;  29. 

Jer.  31  ;  34. — I  v.ill  forgive  their  iniquity,  and 
will  remember  their  sin  no  more. — Rom.  8;  1. — Ps. 
103;  10-12.— 1  John  2;12.— 1  Cor.  6;  11. 

Eom.  7 ;  24, 25. — O  wretched  man  that  I  am !  who 
shall  delh'pr  nje  from  the  body  of  this  death?  I 
thank  God  through  Jesus  Christ  oui  i.ord. — Ps. 
163  ;  3.— Rom.  7  ;  18-21.— Gal.  5  ;  17.— 1  Cor.  15  ;  57. 


36    THE  RESURRECTION  OF  THE  BODY. 

Rom.  3;  24. — Being  justified  freely  by  his  grace, 
through  the  redeuiption  that  is  in  Christ. — 1  Cor. 
1 ;  30.— Eph.  1 ;  7.-2  Cor.  5 ;  21.— Eph.  2  ;  8. 

Rom.  8;  1. — There  is  tlieiefore  now  no  condem- 
nation to  them  whicli  are  in  Christ  Jesus,  who 
walk  not  after  the  tlesh,  but  after  the  Spirit.— /o/m 
5;  24.— John  3;1S.— Kom.  8;  33,  34.— Horn.  5;  17. 

22.    LORD'S   DAY. 

*57.  What  comfort  doth  the  "'Resurrection 
of  the  body  "  afford  thee? 

That  not  only  my  soul,  after  this  life,  shall 
be  immediately  taken  up  to  Christ,  its  head 
(Phil.  1 ;  23);  but  also  that  this  my  body, 
being  raised  by  the  po\yer  of  Christ  ( Jolm 
5;  28,  29),  shall  be  reunited  with  my  soul, 
and  made  like  unto  the  glorious  body  of 
Christ  (Phil.  3;  21). 

Phil.  1 ;  23. — For  I  am  in  a  strait  betwixt  two, 
having  a  desire  to  dei)art,  and  to  be  with  Christ; 
which  is  fir  better.— L?dv  23;  43.— Rev.  14;  13.— 
Luke  1G;22.— 2  Cor.  5;  8.— Eccl.  12;  7. 

John  5;  28,  20. — The  hour  is  coining,  and  now  is, 
when  the  dead  shall  hear  the  voice  of  the  Son  of 
God,  and  thev  that  hear  shall  live. — 1  Cor.  15;  ">3. 
—Job.  19;  25-27.— John  (I;  39,  40.— 1  Thess.  4;  IG. 

Phil.  3;  21. — Wiio  shall  change  our  vile  body, 
that  it  may  be  fashioned  like  unto  his  glorious 
body.— 1  Cor.  15;  53.— 1  Cor.  15;  42,  43. 

*58.  What  comfort  takest  thou  from  the  arti- 
cle of  ^^Life  everlasting  f^ 

That  since  I  no  \y  feel  in  my  heart  the  begin- 
ning of  eternal  joy  (2  Cor.  5;2,  3),  after  this 
life  I  shall  inherit  perfect  salvation  (Matt. 
25  ;  46);  which  ''eye  hath  not  seen,  nor  ear 
heard,  neither  hath  it  entered  into  the  heart 


LIFE   EVERLASTING.  37 

of  man"  to  conceive  (1  Cor.  2 ;  9);  and  that, 
to  i)raise  God  tiierein  forever  (Kev.  22  ;  3). 

2  Cor.  5;  2,  'S. —  Whom  not  haviiig  .seen,  ye  love; 
in  w  Iiom,  Uiougli  now  ye  see  him  not,  yet  believ- 
ing, ye  rejoice  with  joy  unspeakable,  and  full  of 
glory.— 1  Fet.  1 ;  ;j-5.— Jiom.  14;  17.— Rom.  8;  23. 

Matt.  25;4G. — Tlie  rigliteous  (shall  go)  into  life 
eternal.— 1  Cor.  13;  10.— Matt.  25;34.— Ps.  16;  11. 

1  (Jor.  2;  i). — Eye  hath  not  seen,  nor  ear  heard, 
neither  liave  entered  into  the  heart  of  man,  the 
things  wliicli  God  hatli  ]>repared  for  tliem  that  love 
him.— 2  Cor.  12 ;  4.— 1  John  3 ;  2.— Kev.  21 ;  4. 

Kev.  22;  3. — And  there  shall  be  no  more  curse: 
but  the  throne  of  God  and  of  the  Lamb  shall  be  in 
it:  and  his  servants  shall  serve  him. — Kev.  19; 5. — 
Rev.  7 :  15.-1  Pet.  1 ;  3,  4.-2  Cor.  4 ;  17,  18. 

23.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*50.  But  what  doth  it  irrofit  thee  now  that 
thou  believest  all  thiaf 

That  I  am  righteous  in  Christ,  before  God 
(Eom.  5  ;  1);  and  an  heir  of  eternal  life 
(John  5  ;  24). 

Rom.  5;  1. — Therefore  being  justified  by  faith, 
we  have  peace  witli  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.— i^om.  1;  16,17.— Kom.  3; 21, 22.— John 3; 36. 

John  5 ;  24. — He  that  heareth  my  word,  and  be- 
lieveth  on  him  that  sent  me,  hath  everlasting  life. 
—John  3 ;  36.— John  3 ;  15.— Titus  3 ;  7. 

60.  How  art  thou  righteous  before  God? 

Only  by  a  true  faith  in  Jesus  Christ  (Rom. 
3 ;  28);  so  that  though  my  conscience  accuse 
me  that  I  have  grossly  transgressed  all  the 
commands  of  God,  and  kept  none  of  them, 
and  am  still  inclined  to  all  evil  (Rom.  7 ;  14); 
notwithstanding  God,  without  any  merit  of 


38  JUSTIFICATION. 

mine,  but  only  of  mere  grace,  grants  and  im- 
putes to  me  the  perfect  satisfaction,  right- 
eousness, and  holiness  of  Christ  (Rom.  3 ; 
24);  even  so,  as  if  I  never  had  had,  nor  com- 
mitted any  sin ;  yea,  as  if  I  had  fully  accom- 
plished all  that  obedience  which  Christ  hath 
accomplished  for  me  (2  Cor.  5  ;  21);  inas- 
much as  I  embrace  such  benefit  with  a  be- 
lieving heart  (Rom.  10 ;  10). 

Kom.  3;  28. — Therefore  we  conclude,  that  a  man 
is  justified  by  faith  without  the  deeds  of  the  law. — 
Gal  2;  16.— Phil.  3;9.— Eph.  2 ;  8,  9.— Phil.  3;  9. 

Kom.  7;  14. — For  the  law  is  spiritual:  but  I  am 
carnal,  sold  under  sin. — Eojn.  7;  21-23. — Rom.  3; 
23.— Rom.  3;  9,  10.— Rom.  3;  21. 

Rom.  3 ;  24 ; — Being  justified  freely  by  his  grace, 
through  tlie  redemption  that  is  in  Christ  Jesus. — 
Bo7n.  4;  6-8.— Rom.  3;  25.— Rom.  5;  18, 19.— Titus 
3 ;  5.— Eph.  2 ;  5.— Phil.  3 ;  9. 

2  Cor.  5;  21.— For  he  hath  made  him  to  be  sin 
for  us,  who  knew  no  sin :  that  we  might  be  made 
the  righteousness  of  God  in  him. — Isa.  1;  18. — 
Micah  7;  19.— 2  Cor.  5;  19.— Eph.  2;  8,  9. 

Rom.  10;  10. — For  with  the  heart  man  believeth 
unto  righteousness.    Rom.  4:  24.     John  3;  16. 

61.  Why  sayest  thou  that  thou  art  righteous 
by  faith  only? 

Not  that  I  am  acceptable  to  God  on  ac- 
count of  the  worthiness  of  my  faith  (Eph. 
2 ;  8,  9);  but  because  only  the  satisfaction, 
righteousness,  and  holiness  of  Christ  is  my 
righteousness  before  God  (Rom.  10 ;  4);  and! 
that  I  cannot  receive  or  apply  the  same  to 
myself  in  any  other  way  than  by  faith  only 
(Kom.  3;  22). 


JUSTIFICATION.  39 

Eph.  2  ;  8,  9.— For  by  grace  are  ye  saved,  through 
faith;  and  that  not  of  yourselves:  it  is  the  gift  of 
God :  not  of  works,  lest  any  man  should  boast. — 
Phil.  3;  9.— Isa.  61 ;  10.— Rom.  5;  18,  19. 

Rom.  10 ;  4. — For  Christ  is  the  end  of  the  law  for 
righteousness  to  every  one  that  believeth. — Rom. 
3;  24,  25.— 1  Cor.  1;  30.— Rom.  5;  18,  19. 

Rom.  3  ;  22. — Even  the  righteousness  of  God, 
which  is  by  faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  unto  all  and  upon 
all  them  that  believe. — Heh.  11 ;  7. — Rom.  4;  3. — 
1  John  5;  10— John  3;  36.— John  6;  40. 

24.    LORD'S  DAY. 

62.  But  ivJiy  call  not  our  good  ivorks  be  the 
whole  or  part  of  our  rigliteousness  before  God? 

Because  that  the  righteousness  which  can 
be  approved  before  the  tribunal  of  God,  must 
be  absolutely  perfect,  andin  all  respects  con- 
formable to  the  divine  law  (Gal.  3 ;  10);  and 
also,  that  our  best  works  in  this  life  are  all 
imperfect  and  defiled  with  sin  (Isa.  64;  6). 

Gal.  3 ;  10. — Cursed  is  every  one  that  continueth 
not  in  all  things  which  are  written  in  the  book  of 
the  law  to  do  them. — Deut.  6 ;  5.— James  2 ;  10. 

Isa.  64 ;  6.— But  we  are  all  as  an  unclean  thing, 
and  all  our  righteousnesses  are  as  filthy  rags. — 
Phil.  3;  12,  13.— James  3;  2.— Rom.  7;  21. 

63.  What !  do  not  our  good  works  merits 
which  yet  God  will  reward  in  this  and  a  future 
life? 

This  reward  is  not  of  merit  (Luke  17; 
10);  but  of  grace  (Eph.  1;6). 

Luke  17 ;  10. — When  ye  shall  have  done  all  these 
things  which  are  commanded  you,  say, We  are  un- 
profitable servants :  we  have  done  that  which  was 
our  duty  to  do.— Rom.  11 ;  35,  36.— Rom.  11 ;  6. 


40  THE   SACRAMENTS. 

Eph.  1 ;  6.— To  the  praise  of  the  glory  of  his 
grace,  wherein  he  hath  made  us  accepted  in  the 
beloved.— Ps.  103 ;  13.— 1  Cor.  15 ;  10.— 2  Tim.  1 ;  9. 

64.  But  doth  not  this  doctrine  make  men 
careless  and  profane? 

By  no  means  (Rom.  3  ;  31) :  lor  it  is  im- 
possible that  those  who  are  implanted  into 
Christ  by  a  true  faith,  should  not  bring 
forth  fruits  of  thankfulness  (John  15 ;  5). 

Kom.  3  ;  31. — Do  we  then  make  void  the  law 
through  faith?  God  forbid:  yea,  we  establish  the 
law. — Rom.  6;  1,  2. 

John  15 ;  5. — I  am  the  vine,  ye  are  the  branches : 
he  that  abideth  in  me,  and  I  in  him,  the  same 
bringeth  forth  much  fruit.— Ti^ws  3  ;  8.— Matt. 
7  ;  18.— Titus  2  ;  12.— 2  Pet.  2  ;  20.— Eph.  2  ;  10. 

OF   THE   SACKAMEl^TS. 

25.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*  65  Since^  then^  toe  are  made  partakers  of 
Christy  and  all  his  benefits^  by  faith  only^ 
whence  doth  this  faith  proceed  f 

From  the  Holy  Ghost  (Gal.  5  ;  22),  who 
works  faith  in  our  hearts  by  the  p>reaching 
of  the  gospel  (Rom.  10  ;  17) ;  and  confirms 
it  by  the  use  of  the  Sacraments  (Acts  8 ;  36 
■-38). 

Gal.  5 ;  22.— But  the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is faith. 

—2  Cor.  4;13.— 1  John  2;  27. 

Rom.  10 ;  17.— So  tlien  faith  cometh  by  hearing, 
and  hearing  by  the  word  of  God. — 1  Cor.  1 ;  21. — 
Rom.  1 ;  16.-2  Thess.  2 ;  14.— Gal.  3 ;  5. 

Acts  8 ;  36-38. — And  the  eunuch  said,  See,  here  is 
water ;  what  dotli  hinder  me  to  be  ba])tized  ?  And 
Philip  said,  If  thou  belie  vest  with  all  thine  heart, 


THE   SACRAMENTS.  41 

thou  mayest. — Rom.  4 ;  11, — Acts  10;  47,  48. — Acts 
16 ;  30-33.— Acts  2 ;  41,  42.— 1  Cor.  11 ;  26. 

QQ.   What  are  the  sacraments? 

The  sacraments  are  holy,  visible  signs  and 
seals  (Rom.  4;  11),  appointed  of  God  (1  Cor. 
11;  25),  for  this  end,  that  by  the  use  there- 
of he  may  the  more  fully  declare  and  seal  to 
us  the  promise  of  the  gospel  (1  Cor.  11;26); 
namely,  that  he  grants  us  freely  the  remis- 
sion of  sin  and  lii'e  eternal  (Matt.  26  ;  28), 
for  the  sake  of  that  one  sacrifice  of  Christ, 
accomplished  on  the  cross  (Heb.  9;  28). 

Rom.  4 ;  11. — And  he  received  the  sign  of  cii-ciini- 
cision:  a  seal  of  the  righteousness  of  the  t.-iith 
which  he  had,  yet  being  uncirciimcised. — Gen.  17; 
11.— 1  Cor.  11;  24,  25.— Ex.  12;  13.— Ex.  29;  33. 

1  Cor.  11 ;  25. — 'I'his  do  ye,  as  oft  as  ye  drink  it, 
in  remembrance  of  me. — Matt.  28 ;  19. — Ex.  12  ;  27. 
—John  1 ;  33.— Acts  7 ;  8.— 1  Cor.  11 ;  23. 

1  Cor.  11 ;  26. — For  <ms  often  as  ye  eat  tliis  bread, 
and  drink  tliis  cu]i,  ye  do  shew  tlie  Lord's  de.-ith  till 
he  come.— ^di'  2;  16.— Eom.  4  ;  11.— Dent.  30;  6. 
—2  Cor.  5;  7.— Matt.  26;  27,  28.— John  6;  56,  57. 

Matt.  26;  28. — For  this  is  my  blood  of  the  Xcnv 
Testament,  which  is  shed  for  many  fortlie  remission 
of  sins.— ylr/.s-  22;  38.— John  10;  28.- Acts  wl  ;  16. 
—1  Cor.  11 ;  25.-1  John  5;  11. 

Ileb.  9;  28.— So  Christ  was  once  offered  to  bear 
the  sins  of  many ;  and  unto  them  that  look  for  him, 
shall  he  nppear  the  second  time,  without  sin,  unto 
salvation. — Rom.  3;  24,  25. — Kom.  6;  3. 

67.  Are  both  loord  and  sacraments  then  or- 
dained and  appointed  for  this  end.,  that  they 
may  direct  our  faith  to  the  sacrifice  of  Jesus 
Christy  on  the  cross.,  as  the  only  ground  of  our 
salvation  f 


42  HOLY    BAPTISM 

Yes,  indeed,  for  the  Holy  Ghost  teaches 
us  in  the  gospel  (1  Cor.  3  ;  11),  and  assures 
us  by  the  sacraments,  that  the  whole  of 
our  salvation  depends  upon  that  one  sacri- 
fice of  Christ,  which  he  ofi'ered  for  us  on 
the  cross  (Matt.  26;  28). 

1  Cor.  3;  11. — For  other  foundation  can  no  man 
lay  than  is  laid,  which  is  Jesus  Christ. — 1  Cor.  1; 
23.— John  20;  ;n.— Kom.  10;4.— Heb.  10;  10. 

Matt.  26 ;  28.— For  this  is  my  Wool  of  the  New 
Testament,  which  is  shed  for  many  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins.— i?o?7i.  6 ;  3.— 1  Cor.  11 ;  26.— Gal.  3 ;  27. 

*68.  Hoio  many  sacraments  has  Christ  in- 
stituted in  the  new  covenant  or  testament? 

Two ;  namely,  Holy  Baptism  (Matt.  28 ; 
19),  and  the  Holy  Supper  (1  Cor.  11 ;  23-25). 


OF    HOLY   BAPTISM. 

26.    LORD'S  DAY. 

69.  How  art  thou  admonished  and  assured, 
by  holy  baptism^  that  the  one  sacrifice  of  Christ 
upon  the  cross  is  of  real  advantage  to  thee  f 

Thus,  that  Christ  appointed  this  external 
washing  with  water  (Matt.  28;  19),  adding 
thereunto  this  promise,  that  I  am  as  certain- 
ly washed  by  his  blood  and  Spirit,  from  all 
the  pollution  of  my  soul,  that  is,  from  all 
my  sins,  as  I  am  washed  externally  with 
water,  by  which  the  filthiness  of  the  body 
is  commonly  washed  away  (Acts  22  ;  16). 

Matt.  28 ;  19.— Go  ye,  therefore,  and  teach  all  na- 
tions, baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.— Jc^s  10;  47. 


HOLY    BAPTISM.  43 

Acts  22  ;  16. — Arise  and  be  baptized,  and  wash 
away  thy  sins,  calling  on  the  name  of  the  Lord. — 
Titus  3  ;  5.— Mark  16  ;  16.— 1  Pet.  3  ;  21.— 1  John 
5 ;  6.— Acts  2 ;  39.— Luke  3 ;  3. 

70.  What  is  it  to  be  washed  with  the  blood 
and  the  spirit  of  Christ? 

It  is  to  receive  of  God  the  remission  of 
sins,  freely,  for  the  sake  of  Christ's  blood, 
which  is  shed  for  us  by  his  sacrifice  upon  the 
cross  (1  John  1 ;  7) ;  and  also  to  be  renewed 
by  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  sanctified  to  be 
members  of'  Christ,  so  that  we  may  more 
and  more  die  unto  sin,  and  lead  holy  and 
unblamable  lives  (1  Cor.  6;  11). 

1  John  1 ;  7. — And  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  his 
Son  clennseth  us  from  all  sin. — Rev.  1  ;  5. — Eph, 
1 ;  7.-1  Pet.  2 ;  24.— Rom.  3 ;  24.— 1  Pet.  1  ;  2. 

1  Cor.  6;  11. — But  ye  are  washed;  but  ye  are 
sanctified;  but  ye  are  justified  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  Jesus,  and  bj'  the  Spirit  of  our  God. — Rom. 
6;  4,  6.— 1  Pet.  2;  24.— Rom.  6;  11.— Eph.  4;  22- 
24.— Titus  3;  5.— Heb.  10;  22.— John  17;  17-19. 

*71.  Where  has  Christ  promised  us  that  he 
will  as  certainly  wash  us  by  his  blood  and  Spir- 
it^  as  ive  are  ivashed  with  the  ivater  of  baptism? 

In  the  institution  of  baptism,  which  is 
thus  expressed:  "Go  ye,  therefore, and  teach 
all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the  name  of 
the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost"  (Matt.  28;  19) :  "he  that  believeth 
and  is  baptized,  shall  be  saved,  but  he  that 
believeth  not  shall  be  damned  "  (Mark  16 ; 
16).  This  promise  is  also  repeated,  where 
the  scripture  calls  baptism  "the  washing  of 


44  HOLY    BAPTISM. 

regeneration"  (Titus  3;  5),  and  "the  wash- 
ing away  of  sins"  (Acts  22;  16). 

27.    LORD'S  DAY. 

72.  /s,  thcm^  th  e  external  baptism  with  water ^ 
the  washing  away  of  sin  itself  f 

Not  at  all  (1  Pet.  3  ;  21);  for  the  blood  of 
Jesus  Christ  only  (1  John  1;  7),  and  the 
IJolv^  Ghost,  ('leanse  us  I'rom  all  sin  (1  Cor. 
6:  11). 

1  Pet.  ;5;  21. — Tlie  like  figure  vvhereunto,  even 
baptism,  dotli  also  now  save  us  (not  the  putting 
away  tlie  filth  (^f  llie  tlesh,  hut  the  answer  of  a 
good  conscience  toward  God),  hy  tlie  resurrection 
of  Jesus  Christ. 

1  John  1 ;  7. — The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  His  Son, 
cleanseth  us  from  all  sin. — 1  John  5;  6. 

1  Cor.  6;  11. — But  ye  are  washed;  but  ye  are 
sanctified;  but  ye  are  justified  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  Jesus,  and  by  the  Spirit  of  our  God. 

73.  Why,  then^  doth  the  Holy  Ghost  call  bap- 
tism ^Hhe  washing  of  regeneration"  and  the 
washing  away  of  sins  f 

God  speaks  thus  not  without  great  cause; 
namely,  not  only  thereby  to  teach  us,  that, 
as  the  lilth  of  the  body  is  purged  away  by 
water,  so  our  sins  are  removed  by  the  blood 
and  Spu'it  of  Jesus  Christ  (Rev.  1 ;  5) ;  but 
especially  that,  by  this  divine  i)ledge  and 
sign,  he  may  assure  us  that  we  are  spiritual- 
ly cleansed  from  our  sins  as  really  as  we  are 
externally  washed  with  water  (Gal.  3 ;  27). 

Rev.  1 ;  5. — Unto  him  that  loved  us,  and  washed 
us  from  ours  sins  in  his  own  blood. — Ileb.  9 ;  14. — 
Isu.  4  ;  4.— Titus  3;  5. — 1  Cor.  6;  11. 


ITOLY   BAPTISM.  45 

Gal.  3 ;  27. — Foi-  as  many  of  yon  as  have  been 
baptized  inio  Christ,  liave  put  on  Christ.-.4 c^8  2 ;  38. 

74.    Are  infants  also  to  be  baptized  P 

Yes,  for  since  thej^  as  well  as  the  adult  are 
included  in  the  covenant  (Gen.  17;  7),  and 
church  of  God  (Mark  10;  14-Wy,  and  since 
;i*edemption  from  sin  bytiie  blood  of  Christ, 
and  the  Holy  Ghost,  the  author  of  faith,  is 
proniistid  to  them  no  less  than  to  the  adult 
(Acts  2;  38,  31)),  they  must,  therefore,  by 
baptism,  as  a  sign  of  the  covenant,  be  also 
admitted  into  the  Christian  Church  (Mark 
16  ;  46);  and  be  distinguished  from  the 
children  of  infidels  (1  Cor.  7;  14);  as  was 
done  in  the  old  covenant  or  testament  by 
circumcision  (Gen.  17;  11);  instead  of 
which  baptism  was  instituted  in  the  new 
covenant  (Col.  2;  11,12). 

Gen.  17;  7. — I  will  establish  my  covenant  be- 
tween me  and  thee,  and  thy  seed  afler  thee,  in 
tlieir  general  ions,  for  an  everlasting  covenant;  to 
be  a  Go;l  unto  thee  and  to  tliy  seed  after  tliee. — 
1  Cor.  7  :  14.— Ps.  22  ;  10.— Ps.  103  ;  17,  IS. 

Mark  10;  14-lG.— SniVer  tlie  little  children  to 
come  nnio  me,  and  forbi;!  them  not;  for  of  such  is 
the  kingdom  God. — Joel  2;  IG. — Epli.  G;  4. 

Acts  2;  38,  39. — Kepent  and  be  baptized  every 
one  of  you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins;  and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  For  the  promise  is  unto  you,  and  to 
your  children,  and  to  all  that  are  afar  off,  even  as 
inany  as  the  Lord  our  God  shall  call. — Luke  1  ;  15. 

Mark  IG;  46. — lie  that  believeth  and  is  bai)tlzed 
shall  be  saved ;  but  he  that  believeth  not  shall  be 
damned.— :Matt.  28;  19.-1  Cor.  12;  13. 

1  Cor.  7;  14. — Else  were  your  children  unclean  ; 
but  now  are  they  holy. — Artfi  IG ;  33. — Acts  10 ;  47. 


4G  THE  HOLY  SUPPER. 

Geiic  17;  11. — And  ye  shuU  circumcise  the  flesh 
of  your  foreskins;  and  it  sliull  be  a  token  of  the 
covenant  betwixt  nie  and  yon. — Gen.  17 ;  12. 

Col.  2;  11, 12. — In  whom  also  ye  are  circumcised 
with  the  circumcision  made  without  hands,  in  put- 
ting off  the  body  of  the  sins  of  the  flesh,  by  the  cir- 
cumcision of  Christ:  Buried  with  iiim  in  baptism. 

THE    LOKD'S   SUPPER. 

28.    LORD'S  DAY. 

75.  How  art  thou  admonished  and  assured, 
in  the  Lord's  supper.,  that  thoxi  art  a  partaker 
of  that  one  sacrifice  of  Christ.,  accomplished  on 
the  cross.,  and  of  all  his  benefits  P 

Tims, thatClirist  has  commanded  me, and 
allJu'lievers,  toeatol'this  broken  bread, and 
todriiikofthiscup,  in  remembrance  of  him; 
adding  these  promises,  first,  that  ins  body 
was  offered  and  broken  on  the  cross  for  me, 
and  his  blood  shed  for  me,  as  certainly  as  I 
see  with  my  eyes  the  bread  of  the  Lord  brok- 
en for  me,  and  the  cup  communicated  to  me 
(1  Cor.  11;  23,  24,  25);  and,  further,  that  he 
feeds  and  nourishes  my  soul  to  everlasting 
life,  with  his  cruciiied  body  and  siied  blood, 
as  assuredly  as  I  receive  from  the  hands  of 
the  minister  and  taste  with  my  mouth  the 
bread  and  cup  of  the  Lord,  as  certain 
signs  of  the  body  and  blood  of  Clirist  ( 1  Cor. 
10;  IG). 

1  Cor.  11;  2.3-25.— The  Lord  Jesns,  the  same 
night  in  wliich  he  was  betrayed,  took  bread;  and 
when  lie  had  given  thanks,  he  brake  it,  and  said. 
Take,  eat ;  this  is  my  body ;  which  is  broken  for 
you This  cup  is  the  new  testament  in   my 


THE  HOJA'  SUPPER.  47 

hlcjod.— Mutt,  -lij;  2G-2S.— Luke  22;  19,  20.— Mark 
14;  22-24. 

1  Cor.  10;  IG. — The  cup  of  blessing  which  we 
bless,  is  it  not  the  communion  of  the  blood  of 
Christ  ?  The  bread  which  we  break,  is  it  not  the 
communion  of  the  body  of  Christ? 

76.  What  is  it  to  eat  the  crucified  body, 
and  drink  the  shed  blood  of  Christ  f 

It  is  not  only  to  embrace,  with  a  believing 
heart,  all  the  sufferings  and  death  of  Christ, 
and  thereby  to  obtain  the  pardon  of  sin  and 
life  eternal  (John  t>;  50,  85,  5-1,  47) ;  but  al- 
so, besides  thar,  to  become  more  and  more 
united  to  his  sacrecl  body,  by  the  Holy 
Ghost,  who  dwells  both  in  Christ  and  in  us 
(John  6;  56);  so  that  we,  although  Christ 
is  in  heaven,  and  we  on  earth,  are,  notwith- 
standing, '^liesli  of  his  (iesh,  and  bone  of  his 
bone"  (Eph.  5;  30) ;  and  that  we  live  and 
are  governed  forever  by  one  Spirit,  as  mem- 
bers of  the  same  body  are  bv  one  soul  (John 
6  ;  57,  58). 

John  6;  50,  35,  54,  47.— This  is  the  bread  which 
Cometh  from  heaven,  that  a  man  may  eat  thereof, 

and  not  die   He  thatcometh  to  me  shall  never 

thirst Whosoever  eateth  my  flesh,  and  drink- 

eth  my  blood,  hath  eternal  life   He  that  be- 

lieveth  on  me  hath  everlasting  life. 

John  G ;  56.— He  that  eateth  my  flesh,  and  drink- 
eth  my  blood,  dvvelleth  in  me,  and  I  in  him. — John 
6;  63.-1  Cor.  12;  13.-1  Cor.  10;  16. 

Eph.  5;  30. — For  we  are  members  of  his  body, 
of  his  flesh,  and  of  his  bones.— 1  Cor.  12 ;  27. 

John  6;  57,  58. — He  that  eateth  me,  even  he 

shall  live  by  me He  that  eateth  of  this  bread, 

shall  live  forever.— J?om.  S;  9-11.— 1  Cor.  6;  17.— 
Eph.  4 ;  15,  16. 


48  THE  HOLY  SUPPER. 

*77.  Wliere  has  Chrkt  promised,  that  he 
will  as  certainly  feed  and.  nourish  believers  vnth 
his  body  and  bloody  as  they  eat  of  this  broken 
bread ^  and,  drink  of  this  cwp  f 

In  the  institution  of  the  supper,  which  is 
thus  expressed :  ''The  Lord  Jesus,  in  the 
same  night  in  which  he  was  betrayed,  took 
bread,  and  when  he  had  s»;iven  thanks,  he 
brake  it,  and  said.  Take,  eat;  this  is  my  body, 
which  is  broken  for  you  :  this  do  in  remem- 
brance of  me ;  after  the  same  manner  also 
he  took  the  cup,  when  he  had  supped,  say- 
ing, This  cup  is  tlie  new  testament  in  my 
bh)od :  this  do  ye,  as  often  as  ye  drink  it,  in 
remembrance  of  me.  For  as  often  as  ye  eat 
this  bread  and  drink  this  cup,  ye  do  shew 
the  Lord's  death  until  he  come"  (1  Cor.  11 ; 
23-20.— Matt.  2u ;  2(j). 

This  promise  is  repeated  by  the  holy 
Apostle  Paul,  where  he  says:  ^'The  cup  of 
blessing  which  we  bless,  is  it  not  the  com- 
munion of  the  blood  of  Christ?  the  bread 
which  we  break,  is  it  not  the  communion  of 
the  body  of  Christ  ?  for  we,  being  many,  are 
one  bread  and  one  body  :  because  we  are  all 
partakers  of  that  one  bread"  ( I  Cor.  10 ;  16, 
17). 

29.    LORD'S  DAY. 

78.  Do,  then,  the  bread  and  ivine  become  the 
very  body  and.  blood  of  Christ? 

Not  at  all ;  but  as  the  water  in  baptism 
is  not  changed  into  the  blood  of  Christ, 
neither  is  the  washing  away  of  sin  itself, 


i 


THE  HOLY  SUPPER.  4^ 

being  only  the  sign  and  confirmation  there- 
of appointed  of  God  (1  Pet.  3 ;  21) ;  so  the 
bread  of  the  Lord's  supper  is  not  changed 
into  the  very  body  of  Christ,  though,  agree- 
ably to  the  nature  and  properties  of  sacra- 
ments, it  is  called  the  bodv  of  Christ  Jesus 
(1  Cor.  10;  16j. 

1  Pet.  3  ;  21. — The  like  figure  wiiereunto,  even 
baptism,  dotii  also  now  save  us,  (not  the  putting 
away  of  tlie  filth  of  the  flesh,  but  the  answer  of  a 
good  conscience  toward  God  ),  by  the  resurrection 
of  Jesus  Christ. — Acts  8;  36. — Acts  10;  47. — Matt. 
2G;  26. 

1  Cor.  10;  IG. — The  bread  which  we  break,  is  it 
not  the  communion  of  the  body  of  Christ? — 1  Cor. 
11;  23,  26.— Gen.  17;  10.— Ex.  12;  11.— Acts  7;  8. 
—Acts  22  ;  16.— Mark  14 ;  24. 

70.  Why,  then,  doih  Christ  call  the  bread  his 
body,  and  the  cup  his  blood,  or  the  new  cove- 
nant in  his  blood,  and  Paul,  the  ^^ communion  of 
the  body  and  blood  of  Christ  f 

Christ  speaks  thus  not  without  great  rea- 
son; namely,  not  only  thereby  to  teach  us, 
that  as  bread  and  wine  support  this  tempo- 
ral life,  so  his  crucified  body  and  shed  blood 
are  the  true  meat  and  drinli  whereby  our 
souls  are  fed  to  eternal  life  (John  6 ;  55,  49, 
51):  but  more  especially  by  these  visible 
signs  and  pledges,  to  assure  us  that  we  are 
as  really  partakers  of  his  true  body  and 
blood  (by  the  operation  of  the  Holy  Ghost) 
as  we  receive  by  the  mouths  of  our  bodies 
these  holy  signs  in  remembrance  of  him  (1 
Cor.  11 ;  24,  25) ;  and  that  all  his  sufferings 


60  THE  HOLY  SUPPER. 

and  obedience  are  as  certainly  ours,  as  if  we 
had  in  our  own  persons  suffered  and  made 
satisfaction  for  our  sins  to  God  (1  Cor.  11; 
26). 

John  6;  55,  49,  51. — For  my  flesh  is  meat  in- 
deed, and  my  blood  is  drink  indeed.  Your  fathers 
did  eat  manna  in  the  wilderness  and  are  dead.  If 
any  man  eat  of  this  brejvd  he  sliall  live  forever. 

1  Cor.  11 ;    24. — He  took  bread  and  said 

Take,  eat :  this  is  my  body. — 1  Cor.  11 ;  25. — 1  Cor. 
10;  16. 

1  Cor.  11 ;  26. — For  as  often  as  ye  eat  this  bread, 
and  drink  this  enp,  ye  do  shew  the  Lord's  death 
till  he  come. — Rom.  8;  4. — Rom.  5;  9,  18,  19. 

30.    LORD'S  DAY. 

80.  What  difference  is  there  between  the 
Lord's  supper  and  the  Popish  mass? 

The  Lord's  supper  testifies  to  us,  that  we 
have  a  full  pardon  of  all  sin  by  the  only  sac- 
crifice  of  Jesus  Christ,  which  he  himself  has 
once  accomplished  on  the  cross  (Heb.  10; 
14) ;  and  that  we  by  the  Holy  Ghost  are  in- 
grafted into  Christ  (Jolin  6;  63) ;  who,  ac- 
cording to  his  human  nature,  is  not  now  on 
earth,  but  in  heaven,  at  the  right  hand  of 
God  his  Father,  and  will  there  be  wor- 
shipped by  us  ( Acts  7;  56-59) ;  but  the  mass 
teacheth  that  the  living  and  the  dead  have 
not  the  pardon  of  sins,  through  the  suffer- 
mgs  of  Christ,  unless  Christ  is  also  daily  of- 
fered for  them  by  the  priests  ;  and,  further, 
that  Christ  is  bodily  under  the  form  of  bread 
and  wine,  and  therefore  is  to  be  worshipped 
in  them;  so  that  the  mass,  at  bottom,  is 


THE  HOLY  SUPPER.  51 

nothing  else  than  a  denial  of  the  one  sacri- 
fice and  suflerings  of  Jesus  Christ  (Gal.  5; 
4),  and  an  accursed  idolatry  (Deut.  27;  15). 

Heb.  10 ;  14. — For  by  one  oftering  he  hath  per- 
fected forever  them  that  are  sanctified. — Luke  22; 
19,  20.— Heb.  9  ;  25-28.— 1  Cor.  5  ;  7.— John  19; 
30.— Heb.  7  ;  27.-2  Cor.  5  ;  21.— Matt.  26  ;  28. 

John  0 ;  63.  —It  is  the  Spirit  that  quickeneth ; 
the  flesh  profiteth  nothing. — 1  Cor.  6;  17. — 1  Cor. 
12;  13.— Eph.  4;  4.— Eph.  5;  30-32. 

Acts  7 ;  56-59. — Stephen  said ....  Behold  I  see  the 
heavens  opened,  and  the  Son  of  man  standing  at  the 
right  hand  of  Qoa.—Luke  24;  51,  52.— Col.  3;  1. 

Gal.  5;  4. — Christ  is  become  of  no  ettect  unto 
you,  whosoever  of  you  are  justified  by  the  law; 
ye  are  fallen  from  grace.— /.sa.  1 ;  11.— Jer.  2 ;  13.— 
Matt.  15;  9. 

Deut.  27;  15. — Cursed  be  the  man  that  maketh 
any  graven  or  molten  image,  an  abomination  unto 
the  Lord.— i>an.  11 ;  38,  39.— Isa.  1 ;  12,  13. 

81.  For  whom  is  the  Lord's  supper  insti- 
tuted f 

For  those  who  are  truly  sorrowful  for 
their  sins  (1  Cor.  11 ;  28),  and  yet  tnist  that 
these  are  forgiven  them  for  the  sake  of 
Christ ;  and  that  their  remaining  infirmities 
are  covered  by  his  passion  and  deatli  (1  Cor. 
11 ;  26) ;  and  who  also  earnestly  desire  to 
have  their  faith  more  and  more  strength- 
ened, and  their  lives  more  holy  (Matt.  5; 
6);  but  hypocrites,  and  such  as  turn  not  to 
God  with  sincere  hearts,  eat  and  drink  judg- 
ment to  themselves  (1  Cor.  11 ;  29). 

1  Cor.  11 ;  28. — Let  a  man  examine  himself,  and 
so  let  him  eat  of  that  bread,  and  drink  of  that  cup. 
— P^.  51;  17.— Matt.  5;  4.— Acts  3;  19. 


62  THE  HOLY  SUPPER. 

1  Cor.  11 ;  26. — For  as  often  as  ye  eat  this  bread, 
and  drink  this  cup,  ye  do  shew  the  Lord's  death' 
till  he  come.— Ps.  103 ;  3.— 1  Cor.  11 ;  24. 

Matt.  5;  6. — I31cssed  are  they  which  do  hunger 
and  thirst  after  righteousness ;  for  they  shall  be 
filled.— Ps.  116;  12-14.— Prov.  £1;  21. 

1  Cor.  11;  29.— For  lie  that  eateth  and  dnnketh 
unworthily,  eateth  and  diinketh  "damnation  to 
himself;  not  discerning  the  Lord's  body. — Titiis 
1;  16.— Luke  6;  24;  25.— Ps.  50;  16,  17. 

82.  Are  they  also  to  be  admitted  to  this  sup- 
per,  who,  by  confession  and  life,  declare  them- 
selves infidels  and  ungodly? 

No;  for  by  this  the  covenant  of  God 
would  be  profaned  (Matt.  7;  6),  and  his 
wrath  kindled  aicainst  the  whole  coni2:re2;a- 
tion  (1  Cor.  11 ;  30);  therefore  it  is  t lie  duty 
of  the  Christian  Church,  according  to  the 
appointment  of  Christ  and  his  apostles,  to 
exclude  such  persons  by  the  keys  of  the 
kingdom  of  heaven,  until  they  show  amend- 
ment of  life  (1  Cor.  5;  11,  13). 

Matt.  7  ;  6. — Give  not  Hint  which  is  holy  unto 
the  dogs,  neither  cast  ye  yoin*  pearls  before  swine, 
lest  they  trample  them  under  their  feet,  and  turn 
again  and  rend  yon. — 1  Cor.  10;  21. — Isa.  1 ;  11-13. 
— Ps.  50  ;  16-17. 

1  Cor.  11 ;  30. — For  this  cause  many  are  weak 
and  sickly  junong  you,  and  many  sleep. — Ps.  50; 
^22. 

1  Cor.  5;  11,  13. — But  now  I  have  written  unto 
you  not  to  keep  company,  if  any  man  that  is  called 
a  brother  be  a  fornicator,  or  covetous,  or  an  idola- 
ter, or  a  railer,  or  a  drunkard,  or  an  extortioner ; 
with  such  a  one,  no  not  to  eat.  Put  away  from 
among  yourselves  that  wicked  person. — Matt.  18; 


THE  KEYS  OF  THE  KINGDOM.  5o 

15-]7._Titus  3;  10.— 2  Thess.  3;  6,  14,  15.— 2  Cor. 
2;  6,  7.— Matt.  16;  19.— Gal.  6;  1. 

31.    LORD'S  DAY. 

83.  What  are  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  oj 
heaven? 

.The  preaching  of  the  holy  gospel,  and 
Christian  discipline,  or  the  excommunica- 
tion out  of  the  Christian  Church  :  by  these 
two  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  opened  to  be- 
lievers, aiidehut againstunbelievers.  (Matt. 
18;  18). 

Matt.  18;  18. — Veril}',  I  say  unto  you,  Whatso- 
ever ye  shall  bind  on  earth,  shall  be  bound  in  heav- 
en ;  and  whatsoever  ye  shall  loose  on  earth,  shall 
be  loosed  in  heaven. — Matt.\Q\  19. — John  20;  22, 
23.-2  Cor.  10 ;  4-6.— 1  Cor.  5 ;  11-13. 

84.  How  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven  opened 
and  shut  by  the  i^reaching  of  the  holy  gospel  f 

Thus:  wlien,  according  to  the  command  of 
Christ,  it  is  declared  and  publicly  testified  to 
all  and  every  believer,  that  whenever  they 
receive  the  promise  of  the  gospel  by  a  true 
faith,  all  their  sins  are  really  forgiven  them 
of  God,  for  the  sake  of  Christ's  merits  (Acts 
13 ;  38, 39) ;  and,  on  the  contrary,  when  it  is 
declared  and  testified  to  all  unbelievers,  and 
such  as  do  not  sincerely  repent,  that  they 
stand  exposed  to  the  wrath  of  God  and  eter- 
nal condemnation,  so  long  as  they  are  un- 
converted (John  8;  24);  according  to  which 
testimony  God  will  judge  them,  both  in  tliis 
life  and  the  life  to  come  (Bom.  2;  16). 


54  THE  KEYS  OF  THE  KINGDOM.    . 

Acts  13;  38,  39. — Be  it  known  unto  you,  there- 
fore, men  and  brethren,  that  through  this  man  is 
preached  unto  you  the  forgiveness  of  sins ;  and  by 
him  all  that  believe  are  justified  from  all  things, 
from  which  ye  could  not  be  justified  by  the  law  of 
Moses.— Acts  10 ;  43.— Mark  2  ;  3-5.— John  6 ;  37. 
— Ezek.  33;  11.— Mark  16;  16.— John  3;  36. 

John  8 ;  24. — If  ye  believe  not  that  I  am  he,  ye 
shall  die  in  your  sin.— Acts  8;  21. — Matt.  3;  7,  8. 
—Matt.  18;  3.— John  20;  23. 

Rom.  2 ;  16. — God  shall  judge  the  secrets  of  men 
by  Jesus  Christ,  according  to  my  gospel. — 2  Cor. 
2;  15,  16.-2  Tim.  4;  2.— Gal.  5;  21. 

85.  How  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven  shut  and 
opened  by  Christian  disciplined 

Thus :  when,  according  to  the  command 
of  Christ,  those  who,  under  the  name  of 
Christians,  maintain  doctrines  or  practices 
inconsistent  there  with,  will  not,  after  having 
been  brotherly  admonished,  renounce  their 
errors  and  wicked  course  of  life,  are  com- 
plained of  to  the  Church,  or  to  those  who 
are  thereunto  appointed  by  the  Church  (1 
Cor.  5;  11);  and  if  they  despise  their  ad- 
monition, are,  by  them,  forbid  the  use  of  the 
sacraments;  whereby  they  are  excluded 
from  the  Christian  Church,  and  by  God  him- 
self from  the  kingdom  of  Christ  (1  Cor.  5; 
13)  :  and  when  they  promise  and  show  real 
amendment,  are  again  received  as  members 
of  Christ  and  his  Church  (2  Cor.  2 ;  6-8). 

1  Cor.  5 ;  11. — If  any  man  that  is  called  a  brother 
be  a  fornicator,  or  an  idolater,  or  a  railer,  or  a 
drunkard,  or  an  extortioner;  with  such  an  one,  no 
not  to  eB,t.—MatL  18 ;  15, 17.— Rom.  16 ;  17. 


CONVERSION  AND  GOOD  WOEKS.  55 

1  Cor.  5;  13. — Put  away  from  j^ourselves  that 
wicked  person. — Titus  3;  10. — 2  John  10;  11. — 
2  Thess.  3;  14.— Matt.  18;  18.— 1  Cor.  5;  3-5. 

2  Cor.  2 ;  6-8. — Sufficient  to  such  an  one  is  this 
punisliment,  wiiich  was  intlicted  of  many.  So  that 
contrariwise,  ye  ought  rather  to  forgive  him,  and 
comfort  liim,  lest  perhaps  such  an  one  he  swal- 
lowed up  with  overmuch  sorrow. — Luke  15;  21-24. 

XHB  XHIRO  PARX. 

OF    THANKFULNESS. 

32.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*86.  Since^  then^  we  are  delivered  from  our 
misery^  merely  of  grace  through  Christ,  without 
any  merit  of  ours,  why  must  we  still  do  good 
works? 

Because  that  Christ,  having  redeemed  and 
delivered  us  by  his  blood,  also  renews  us  by 
his  Holy  Spirit,  after  his  own  image  (1  Cor. 
1 ;  30) ;  that  so  we  may  testify,  by  the  whole 
of  our  conduct,  our  gratitude  to  God  for  his 
blessings  (Titus  2 ;  14),  and  that  he  may  be 
praised  by  us  (Matt.  5 ;  16) ;  also,  that  every 
one  may  be  assured  in  himself  of  his  faith, 
by  the  fruits  thereof  (Matt.  7;  17);  and 
that  bv  our  godly  conversation  others  may 
be  gained  to  Christ  (1  Pet.  2;  12). 

1  Cor.  1 ;  30. — But  of  him  are  ye  in  Christ  Jesus, 
who  of  God  is  made  unto  us  wisdom,  and  right- 
eousness, and  sanctiJication,  and  redemption. 

Titus  2 ;  14. — Who  gave  himself  for  us,  that  he 
might  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and  purify  unto 
himself  a  peculiar  people,  jealous  of  good  works. 
--1  Cor.  6;  20.— Kom.  12;  1.— Rom.  6  ;  13. 


56  CONVERSION. 

Matt.  5 ;  16. — Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men, 
that  they  may  see  your  good  works,  and  glorify 
your  Father  which  is  in  heaven. — John  15 ;  8. — 
1  Pet.  2 ;  9, 12.— Deut.  32 ;  6.— 1  Pet.  1 ;  10. 

Matt.  7;  17. — Every  good  tree  bringeth  forth 
good  fruit ;  but  a  corrupt  tree  bringeth  forth  evil 
fruit. — James  2  ;  18. — 1  John  2 ;  3,  4. 

1  Pet.  2;  12. — Having  your  conversation  honest 
among  the  Gentiles :  that  whereas  they  speak  evil 
against  you  as  evil-doers,  they  ma}^  by  your  good 
works,  which  they  shall  behold,  glorify  God  in  the 
day  of  visitation.— 1  Fet.  3;  1,  2.— Rom.  14;  19. 

87.  Cannot  they  then  he  saved^  who^  continu- 
ing in  their  wicked  and  ungrateful  lives^  are  not 
converted  to  God? 

By  no  means  (Matt.  18;  3) ;  for  the  holy 
scripture  declares  that  no  unchaste  person, 
idolater,  adulterer,  thief,  covetous  man, 
drunkard,  slanderer,  robber,  or  any  such 
like,  shall  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God  (Eph. 
5;  5). 

Matt.  18 ;  3. — Verily  I  say  unto  you,  Except  ye 
be  converted,  and  become  as  little  children,  ye  shall 
not  enter  iino  the  kingdom  of  hciven. — 1  Cor.  6; 
9.— Acts  3;  19.— Heb.  ]2;14.— Ileb.  11; 6. 

Eph.  5;  5. — For  this  ye  know,  that  no  whore- 
monger, nor  unclean  person,  nor  covetous  man, 
who  is  an  idolater,  hath  any  inheritance  in  the 
kingdom  of  Christ  and  of  God.— 1  Cor.  6 ;  9,10.— 
Gal.  5;  19-21.— 1  John  3;  15.— Rev.  21 ;  27. 

33.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*88.  In  hoio  many  parts  doth  the  true  con- 
version of  man  consist  f 

In  two  parts :  in  the  mortification  of  the 


CONVERSION.  57 

old  man  (Eom.  6;  6),  and  in  the  quicken- 
ing of  the  new  man  (Col.  3 ;  10). 

Koni.  6;G. — Knowing  this,  that  our  old  man  is 
crucified  with  him,  that  the  body  of  sin  might  be 
destroyed,  that  henceforth  we  should  not  serve 
sin.— 1  Cor.  5;  7.— Col.  3;  9.— Eph.  4;  22. 

Col.  3 ;  10. — And  ye  have  put  on  the  new  man, 
which  is  renewed  in  knowledge  after  the  image  of 
him  that  created  him.— Eph.  4;  23,  24.— Isa.  1 ;  16, 
17.— Ps.  51 ;  10.— Jer.  24;  17.— Eph.  2 ;  4,  5. 

*89.  What  is  the  mortification  of  the  old 
man? 

It  is  a  sincere  sorrow  of  heart,  that  we 
have  provoked  God  by  our  sins  (2  Cor.  7; 
10) ;  and  more  and  more  to  hate  and  flee 
from  them  (Rom.  12;  0). 

2  Cor.  7;  10. — For  godly  Forrow  worketh  repent- 
ance to  salvation  not  to  be  repented  of;  but  the  sor- 
row of  the  world  worketh  death. — Joel  2;  12, 13. — 
Matt.  26 ;  75.— Ps.  51 ;  4.— Rom.  6 ;  2.— Gal.  5 ;  21, 
—2  Cor.  5;  17.— Luke  15;  18.— Luke  18;  13. 

Rom.  12;  9. — Abhor  that  which  is  evil;  cleave 
to  that  which  is  good. — .4?no.s  5 ;  15. — 2  Tim.  2 ;  19, 
— Isa.  55;  7. — Jude  23. — Rom.  8;  13. 

*90.  What  is  the  quicJ:cning  of  the  new 
man? 

It  is  a  sincere  joy  of  heart  in  God,  through 
Christ  (Ps.  51 ;  8),  and  with  love  and  delight 
to  live  according  to  the  will  of  God  in  all 
good  works  (Rom.  7;  22). 

Ps.  51;  8. — Make  me  to  hear  joy  and  gladness; 
that  the  bones  which  thou  hast  broken  may  rejoice, 
—Ps.  51;  12.  — Rom.  5;  2.— Rom.  14;  17.  — Phil. 
4 ;  4.— Eph.  3 ;  12.-1  Thess.  2 ;  19, 


58  GOOD  WORKS. 

Bom.  7 ;  22.— For  I  delight  in  the  law  of  God, 
after  the  inward  man.— i?ow.  6;  13.— 1  Pet.  4;  2. 
^Gal.  2 ;  20.— Fs.  119 ;  97,  127. 

*91.    But  what  are  good  works? 

Only  those  which  proceed  from  a  true 
faith  (Heb.  H;  6),  are  performed  according 
to  the  law  of  God  (Ezek.  20;  19),  and  to  his 
glory  (1  Cor.  10;  31),  and  not  such  as  are 
founded  on  our  imaginations,  or  the  insti- 
tutions of  men  (Deut.  12;  8). 

Heb.  11 ;  6.— But  without  faith  it  is  impossible  to 
please  him.— J^e^.  11 ;  4.— Rom.  14;  23. 

Ezek.  20 ;  19. — I  am  the  Lord  your  God ;  walk 
in  my  statutes,  and  keep  my  judgments  and  do 
them.— Lev.  18;  4.— Deut.  12;32.— Ps.  119;  1,2. 

1  Cor.  10;  31. — Whether  therefore  ye  eat  or 
drink,  or  whatsoever  ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glorv  of 
God.— 1  Pet.  4;  11.— Matt.  5;  16.— John  15;  8. 

Deut.  12;  8.— Ye  shall  not  do  after  all  the  things 
that  we  do  here  this  day,  every  man  whatsoever  is 
right  in  his  own  eyes. — Matt.  15;  9. — Ex.  20;  18. 

34.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*92.     What  is  the  Law  of  God? 

God  spake  all  these  words  (Ex.  20 — Deut. 
5),  saying:  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  which 
hath  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 

1.  COMMANDMENT. 
Thou  Shalt  have  no  other  gods  before  me. 

2.  COMMANDMENT. 

Thou  Shalt  not  make  unto  thyself  any  graven  image, 
nor  the  likeness  of  any  thing  that  is  in  iieaven  above, 
or  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  in  the  water  under  the  earth. 
Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  thyself  to  them,  nor  serve  them  ; 
for  I  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealous  God,  visiting  the 
iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  the  children,  to  the  third  and 


THE  TEN  COMMANDMENTS.  59 

fourth  generation  of  them  that  hate  me,  and  showing  mercy 
unto  thousands  of  them  that  love  me  and  keep  my  com- 
mandments. 

3.  COMMANDMENT. 

Thou  Shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  thvGod  in  vain: 
for  the  Lord  will  not  hold  him  guiltless  that  taketh  his  name 
in  vain, 

4.  COMMANDMENT. 

Remember  the  Sabbath  day  to  keep  it  holy :  six  days  shalt 
thou  labor,  and  do  all  thy  work,  but  the  seventh  day  is  the 
Sabbath  of  the  Lord  thy  God :  in  it  thou  shalt  do  no  manner 
of  work,  thou  nor  thy  sou  nor  thy  daughter,  thy  man  serv- 
ant nor  thy  maid  servant,  nor  thy  cattle,  nor  the  stranger 
that  is  within  thy  gates.  For  in  six  days  the  Lord  made 
heaven  and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them  is,  and 
rested  the  seventh  day  ;  wherefore  the  Lord  blessed  the 
Sabbath  day  and  hallowed  it. 

5.  COMMANDMENT. 

Honour  thv  father  and  thy  mother,  that  thy  days  may  be 
long  in  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee, 

6.  COMMANDMENT. 
Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

7.  COMMANDMENT, 
Thou  Shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

8.  COMMANDMENT, 
Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

9.  COMMANDMENT, 

Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness  against  thy  neighbour, 

10.  COM^IANDMENT, 

Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  house,  thou  shalt  not 
covet  thy  neighbour's  wife,  nor  his  man  servant,  nor  his 
maid  servant,  nor  his  ox,  nor  his  ass,  nor  any  thing  that  la 
thy  neighbour's. 

( For  the  history  of  the  giving  of  the  \a.vr  by  God  to 

Moses,  see  Exodus,  chapters  19.— 20.— 

31.— 32.— 34.     Dent.  4. ) 

93,  How  are  these  ten  commandments  divid- 
ed? 

Into  two  tables  (Deut.  4 ;  13) ;  the  first  of 
which  teaches  us  now  we  must  behave  to- 
wards God  (Matt.  22;  37,  38) ;  the  second, 


60  THE  FIRST  COMMANDMENT. 

what  duties  we  owe  to  our  neighbor  (Matt. 
22;  39). 

Deut.  4;  11^. — And  ho  deeiared  unto  you  his  cov- 
enant, which  he  conunnnded  you  to  perform,  even 
ten  commandments;  and  he  wrote  tiiem  upon  two 
tables  of  stone.— Matt.  22 ;  JO.— Deut.  10;  3,  4. 

Matt.  22;  37,  38.— Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy 
God  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul,  and 
with  all  thy  mind.  This  is  the  first  and  great  com- 
mandment.— Mark  ]2  ;  30. 

Matt.  22 ;  39. — And  the  second  is  like  unto  it, 
Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbour  as  thyself. — Mark 
12;  31. 

*94.  What  does  God  enjoin  in  the  first  com- 
mand? 

That  I,  as  sincerely  as  I  desire  the  salva- 
tion of  my  own  soul,  avoid  and  flee  from  all 
idolatry,  sorcery,  soothsaying,  superstition, 
invocation  of  saints,  or  any  other  creatures 
(1  Cor.  6;  9,  10);  and  learn  rightly  to  know 
the  only  true  God,  trust  in  him  alone  (John 
17;  3) ;  with  humility  and  patience  submit 
to  him,  expect  all  good  things  from  him  on- 
ly (1  Pet.  5 ;  5) ;  love,  fear,  and  glorify  liim 
with  my  whole  heart  (Deut.  6;  5) ;  so  that 
I  renounce  and  forsake  all  creatures,  rather 
than  commit  even  the  least  thing  contrary 
to  his  will  (Matt.  10;  37). 

1  Cor.  6;  9, 10.— Neither  fornicators  nor  idola- 
ters shall  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God. — 1  Cor.  10; 
14._Lev.  19;  31. —Deut.  18;  10-12.— Rev.  10;  10. 
—Matt.  4;  10.— Matt.  4;  16.— 1  John  5;  21. 

John  17;  3. — And  this  is  life  eternal,  that  they 
might  kno^v  thee,  the  only  true  God,  and  Jesus 
Christ  whom  thou  hast  sent. — Jer.  9 ;  24.-^Jer,  17 ; 
5,  7.— Ps.  37 ;  3,  5.— Heb.  8 ;  11, 12, 


THE  SECOND  COMMANDMENT.  61 

1  Pet.  5;  5. — Be  clothed  with  humilit}^ :  for  God 
resisteth  the  proud,  and  givetli  grace  to  the  hum- 
hie.— Heb.  10;  36.— Ps.  37;  5.— James  1 :  17. 

Dent.  6 ;  5. — Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God 
with  all  tliiue  heart.— i^^'M^.  10;12.— Ps.  34;  9.— 
Ecc.  12;3.— 1  Cor.  G;  20 —Matt.  22;  37. 

Matt.  10;  37. —He  that  loveth  t'alher  and  mother 
more  than  me,  i-;  not  worth v  of  me. — Matt.  10;  28. 
—Acts  5;  20.— Luke  14  ;  2(j.— Matt  5;  19. 

95.     What  is  idolatry  f 

Idolatry  is  instead  of,  or  besides  that  one 
true  God,  who  has  manifested  himself  in  his 
word,  to  contrive,  or  have  any  other  object 
in  which  men  place  their  trust  (Gal.  4;  8). 

Gal.  4;  8. — Howbeit  then,  wlien  ye  knew  not 
God,  ye  did  service  unto  them  wliich  by  nature  are 
not  o-ods.— 1  Pet.  4;3.— 1  Thess.  1 ;  9.— Matt.  6; 
24.— Phil.  3;  19.— Eph.  2;  12.— Col.  3;  5. 

35.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*96.  What  doth  God  require  in  the  second 
command  f 

That  we  in  no  wise  represent  God  by  im- 
ages (Deut.  4;  23,  24),  nor  worship  him  in 
any  other  way  than  he  has  commanded  in 
his  word  (Deut.  12;  32). 

Deut.  4;  23,  24. — Take  heed  unto  yourselves,  lest 
ye  forget  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  your  God,  which 
he  made  with  you,  and  make  you  a  graven  image, 
or  the  likeness  of  any  thing,  which  the  Lord  tliy 
God  hath  forl]|idden  thee. — Rom.  1 ;  22,  23. — Acts 
17;  29.— Isa.  40;  18.— Ex.  22;  20. 

Deut.  12;  32. — What  thing  soever  I  command 
you,  observe  to  do  it;  thou  shalt  not  add  thereto, 
nor  diminish  from  it. — Deut.  4;  2. — John  4;  24. 


62  THE  SECOND   COMMANDMENT. 

97.  Are  images^  then^  not  at  all  to  he  made  f 

God  neither  can  nor  may  be  represented 
by  any  means  (Isa.  40;  18,  25);  but  as  to 
creatures,  though  they  may  be  represented, 
yet  God  forbids  us  to  make,  or  to  have  any 
resemblances  of  them,  either  in  order  to 
worship  them  (Ps.  97;  7),  or  to  serve  God 
by  them  (Lev.  26;  1). 

Lsn.  40;  18,  25. — To  whom  then  will  ye  liken 
God  •?  or  what  likeness  will  ye  compare  unto  him  ? 
To  whom  then  will  ye  liken  me,  or  shall  I  be  equal  y 
suith  the  Holy  One.^Deut.  4;  12-18.— Rom.  1 ;  2;^. 

Ps.  97 ;  7. — Confounded   be   all  they  that  serve 

f raven  images,  that  boast  themselves  of  idols. — 
)ent.  27;  15.— Deut.  7;  5.— l.cv.  10;  4. 
Lev.  20;  1. — Ye  shall  make  yon  no  idols  nor  gra- 
ven images,  neither  rear  you  up  a  standing  image, 
neitln'r  sh.dl  ye  set  up  any  image  of  stone  in  your 
land,  to  bow  down  unto  it :  for  1  am  the  Lord  your 
God.— 2  Kings  }S;  8,  4.— Ex.  2  5 ;  24.— Ex.  84 ;  U,U. 

98.  But  may  not  images  be  tolerated  in  the 
churches^  as  books  to  the  laity  f 

No ;  for  we  must  not  pretend  to  be  wiser 
than  God,  who  will  liave  his  people  taught 
not  by  dumb  images  (Zech.  10;  2),  but  by 
the  livelv  preaching  of  his  word  (2  Tim.  3: 
16, 17). 

Zech.  10;  2. — For  the  idols  have  spoken  vanity. 
—Hab.  2;  18, 19.— Jer.  10;  8-10.— Lev.  26;  1. 

2  Tim.  3;  16, 17. — All  scripture  is  given  by  in- 
spiration of  God,  and  is  profitable  fgr  doctrine,  for 
reproof,  for  correction,  for  instruction  in  righteous- 
ness: that  the  man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  thor- 
oughly furnished  unto  all  good  works. — John  5; 
39.— Luke  10 ;  29.-2  Pet.  1 ;  19.— 2  Tim.  4 ;  2. 


THE  THIRD  COMMAISDMENT.  63 

36.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*99.  What  is  required  in  the  third  com- 
mand f 

That  we,  not  only  by  cursing  (Lev.  24; 
15),  or  perjury  (Lev.  19;  12),  but  also  by 
rash  swearing,  must  not  abuse  or  profane  the 
name  of  God  (Matt.  5  ;  34^36);  nor  by 
silence  or  connivance  be  partakers  of  these 
horrible  sins  in  others  (Lev.  5;1 ):  and,  brief- 
ly, that  we  use  the  holy  name  of  God  no 
otherwise  than  with  fear  and  reverence(Mal. 
4;  2);  so  that  he  may  be  rightly  confessed, 
and  worshipped  by  us,  and  be  glorified  in  all 
our  words  and  works  (1  Pet.  3;  18). 

Lev.  24^15. — Whosoever  eurseth  his  God  shall 
bear  his  sin. — Eoin.  12;  14. 

Lev.  19;  12. — Aiul  ye  shall  not  swear  by  my 
name  falsely,  neither  shult  thou  profane  the  name 
of  thy  God:  1  am  the  i^ord. — Zech.  8;  17. 

Matt.  5 ;  34-36. — Swear  not  at  all:  neither  by 
heaven;  for  it  is  God's  throne:  nor  bj^  the  earth; 
for  it  is  his  f(Jotstool :  neither  by  Jerusalem  ;  for  it 
is  the  city  of  tlie  great  King-:  neither  shalt  thou 
swear  by  thy  head,  because  thou  canst  not  make 
one  hair  white  or  black. — Lev.  5;  4. — James  5;  12. 

Lev.  5;  1. — And  if  a  soul  sin,  and  hear  the  voice 
of  swearing,  and  is  a  witness,  whether  he  hath 
seen  or  known  of  it;  if  he  do  not  utter  it,  then  lie 
shall  bear  his  iniquity. — Prov.  29;  24. 

Mai.  4;  2. — But  on  you  that  fear  my  name,  shnll 
the  Sun  of  righteousness  arise. — Isn.  45;  23. — Kev. 
15;  3,4.— Kev.  11;  18— Kev.  l.o;4. 

1  Pet.  3;  15. — But  sanctify  the  Lord  in  your 
hearts :  and  be  ready  always  to  give  an  answer  to 
every  man  that  asketh  a  reason  of  the  hope  that  is 


(J4  THE  THIRD   COMMANDMENT. 

in  you,  with  meekness  and  feai\ — Matt.  10;  32,  33. 
—Col.  3;  17.— 1  Cor.  10;  31.— 1  Tim.  2;  8. 

100.  /s,  then^  the  profaning  of  God^s  name^ 
by  swearing  and  cursing,  so  heinous  a  sin^  that 
his  wrath  is  kindled  against  those  who  do  not 
endeavor,  as  much  as  in  them  lies,  to  prevent 
and  forbid  such  cursing  and  swearing  f 

It  undoubtedly  is;  for  there  is  no  sin 
greater  or  more  provoking  to  God,  than  the 
profaning  of  his  name  (Lev.  24  ;  15);  and 
therefore  he  has  commanded  tliis  sin  to  be 
punished  with  death  (Lev.  24  ;  16). 

liCv.  21;  15. — Whosoever  cnrseth  his  God  shall 
bear  his  sin.— Proy.  29;  24.— Gal.  6;  7. 

r.ev.  24 ;  16. — And  he  that  blasphemeth  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  he  shall  sui-ely  be  put  to  death,  and 
nil  the  congregation  shall  certainly  stone  him. — 
Lev.  24 ;  10-14.— Heb.  10 ;  31 . 

37.    LORD'S   DAY. 

lOL  May  we.,  then.,  swear  religiously  by  the 
name  of  God  ? 

Yes;  either  when  the  magistrates  de- 
mand it  of  the  subjects  (Ezra  10;  5);  or 
when  necessity  requires  us  thereby  to  con- 
firm fidelity  and  truth,  to  the  glory  of  God, 
and  the  safety  of  our  neighbors  (Josh.  9; 
19) ;  for  such  an  oath  is  founded  on  God's 
word,  and  therefore  was  justly  used  by  the 
saints,  both  in  the  old  and  new  testaments 
(Heb.  6;  16). 

Ezra  10;  5. — Then  arose  Ezra,  and  made  the 
chief  priests,  the  Levites,  and  all  Israel,  to  swear 
that  they  should  do  according  to  his  word. — Ex.  22; 
10,  11.— Neh.  13;  25.— :\!.;U.  20;  03,  G4. 


THE   FOURTH   COMMAISDMENT.  65 

Josh.  9 ;  19. — But  all  the  princes  said  unto  all  the 
congregation,  We  have  sworn  unto  them  by  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel:  now  therefore  we  may  not 
touch  them.—Deut.  10;  20.— Josh.  2;  12. 

Heb.  (') :  16. — For  men  verily  swear  by  the  great- 
er:  and  an  oath  for  confirmation  is  to  them  an  end 
of  ai!  oirifi\— /.sa.  45;  28.— Deut.  6;18.— isa.  65; 
16.— Koin.  1 ;  9. — John  16;  23.— 2  Cor.  1 ;  28. 

102.  May  we  also  swear  by  saints,  or  any 
other  creatures  ? 

No;  for  a  lawful  oath  is  a  calling  upon 
God,  as  tlie  one  who  knows  the  heart  (1 
Kings  8; 39),  that  he  will  bear  witness  to 
the  truth,  and  punish  me  if  I  sw^ear  falsely  : 
which  honor  is  due  to  no  creature  (2  Cor. 
1;23). 

1  Kings  8;  39. — For  thou,  even  thou  only,  know- 
est  the  hearts  of  all  the  children  of  men. — James 
5;12.— lleb.  6;  15, 16.— Dent.  10;  20. 

2  Cor.  1  ;  28. — Moreover,  I  call  God  for  a  record 
upon  my  soul,  that  to  spare  you  T  came  not  as  yet 
unto  Corinth. — Rom.  1 ;  9. — Deut.  32 ;  35.— Matt!  4 ; 
10.— Matt.  5 ;  84-86.— Ecc.  8;  2. 

38.    LORD'S  DAY. 
*103.    What  (Joth  God  require  in  the  fourth 
command  ? 

First,  that  the  ministry  of  the  gospel  and 
the  schools  be  maintained  (2Tim.  2;2); 
and  that  I,  especially  on  the  Sabbath,  that 
is,  on  the  day  of  rest,'dili2:entlv  frequent  the 
Church  of  God  (Heb.  10;  25) ;  to  hear  his 
word,  to  use  the  sacraments,  publicly  to  call 
upon  the  Lord  (Acts  20:  7),  and  to  contrib- 
ute to  the  relief  of  the  poor,  as  becomes  a 
Christian  (1  Cor.  16 ;  2).    Secondly,  that  all 


66  THE   FIFTH  COMMANDMENT. 

the  days  of  my  life  I  cease  from  my  evil 
works,  and  yield  myself  to  the  Lord,  to  work 
by  his  Holy  Spirit  in  me,  and  thus  begin  in 
this  life  the  eternal  Sabbath  ( Heb.  4 ;  9-11). 

2  Tim.  2 ;  2. — And  the  things  that  thou  hast  heard 
of  me  among  many  witnesses,  the  same  commit 
thou  to  faithful  men,  who  shall  be  able  to  teach 
others  also.—l  Cor.  9;  11,  14.— Deut.  12;  19. 

Heb.  10;  25. — Not  forsaking  the  assembling  of 
ourselves  together,  as  the  manner  of  some  is:  but 
exhorting  one  auo.lier. — Acts  2;  42,  40. — 1  Cor.  14; 
19,  29,  31.— 1  Tim.  o;  17.— 1  Tim.  (3;  11. 

Acts  20;  7. — And  upon  the  first  day  of  the  week, 
when  the  disciples  came  together  to  break  bi-ead, 
Paul  preached  unto  them. — P^-.  08;2t). — Acts  1 ; 
14.— 1  Tim.  2 ;  1-3.— Acts  17 ;  2.— 1  Cor.  1 ;  2. 

1  Cor.  16;  2. — Upon  the  Urst  day  of  the  week  let 
every  one  of  you  lay  by  him  in  store,  as  God  hath 
prospered  him. — Ezek.  20;  12.— Isa.  58;  13, 14. 

Heb.  4;  9-11. — There  remaineth  therefore  a  rest 
to  the  people  of  God. . .  .Let  us  labor  therefore  to 
enter  into  that  rest,  lest  any  man  fall  after  the  same 
example  of  unbelief. — Im.  06;  23. — Ex.  31 ;  13. 

39.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*10-1:.  What  doth  God  require  in  the  fifth 
command  f 

That  I  show  all  honor,  love,  and  fidelity 
to  my  father  and  mother  (Eph.  6 ;  2, 3),  and 
all  in  authority  over  me  (1  Pet.  2;  17),  and 
submit  myself  to  their  good  instructions 
and  correction  with  due  obedience  (Titus  2 ; 
9, 10) ;  and  also  patiently  bear  with  their 
weakness  and  infirmities,  since  it  pleases 
God  to  govern  us  by  their  hand  (Eph.  6  ;  4). 

Eph.  6;  2,  3. — Honor  thy  father  and  thy  mother 
(which  is  the  first  commandment  with  promise), 


THE   SIXTH   COMMANDMENT.  67 

that  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  and  thou  mayest 
live  long  on  the  earth. — CoL  3;  20. — Lev.  19;  32. 

1  Fet.  2;  17.— Fear  God.  Honour  the  King.— 1 
Thess.  5;  12, 13.— Rom.  13;  1.— Heb.  13;  17. 

Titus  2;  !),  10. — Exhort  servjaits  to  be  obedient 
unto  their  own  masters,  and  to  please  them  well  in 
all  things,  not  answering  again;  not  purloining, 
but  shewing  all  good  lidelity. — Proy.  1 ;  8. — Prov. 
15;  5.— Col.  3;  22.— Prov.  6;  20-22.— Eph.  6;  1. 

Eph.  6;4. — And  ye  fathers,  provoke  not  your 
children  to  wrath ;  but  bring  them  up  in  the  nur- 
ture and  admonition  of  the  ].ord. — 1  Pet.  2;  13, 14. 
—Rom.  13;  1,  2.— Col.  3;  19,  21.— Prov.  23;  22. 

40.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*105.  What  doth  God  require  in  the  sixth 
command  f 

That  neither  in  thoughts,  nor  words,  nor 
gestures,  much  less  in  deeds,  I  dishonor,hate, 
wound,  or  kill  my  neighbour,  by  myself,  or 
by  another  (Eph.  4 ;  81 ),  but  that  I  lay  aside 
all  devsire  of  revenge  { Rom.  12 ;  17, 19) ;  also 
thai  I  hurt  not  myself,  or  willfully  expose 
myself  to  any  danger  (Eph.  5 ;  29).  Where- 
fore also  the  magistrate  is  armed  with  the 
sword,  to  prevent  murder  (Rom.  13; 4). 

Eph.  4;  31. — Let  all  l)irttM-ness,  and  wrath,  and 
clamour,  and  evil-speaking,  be  put  away  f  i  <  m  you, 
with  all  malice.— ^pr/i.  8';  IG,  17.— Matt.  5;  22.-2 
Sam.  12;  9.— Ps.  15;  1,  3.— Lev.  ]9;  17.— Lev.  24: 
17.— Gen.  4;  6.— Nuni.  35;  16-18. 

Rom.  12 ;  17,  19. — Recompense  to  no  man  evil  for 
evil  Dearly  beloved,  avenge  not  vourselves,  but 
rather  give  place  unto  wrath:  for  it  is  written, 
Vengeance  is  mine :  I  will  repay,  saith  the  Lord. 
—Lev.  19;  18.— Eph.  4;  26.— Matt.  5;  39,  40. 

Eph.  5 ;  20. — For  no  man  ever  yet  hated  his  own 
flesh.— 3/a«.  4;7. 


68  THE   SIXTH   COMMANDMENT. 

Rom.  13 ;  4. — For  he  is  the  minister  of  God  to 
thee  for  good. — But  if  thou  do  that  which  is  evil, 
be  afraid :  for  he  beareth  not  the  sword  in  vain ; 
for  he  is  the  nunister  of  God,  a  revenger  to  exe- 
cute wrath  upon  1dm  ihat  doeth  evil. — Gen.  9;  6. 

106.  But  this  command  seems  only  to  speak 
of  marder? 

In  forbidding  murder,  God  teaches  us, 
that  he  abhors  the  causes  thereof:  such  as 
envy,  hatred,  anger,  and  desire  of  revenge ; 
and  that  he  accounts  all  these  as  murder 
(lJohn3;15). 

1  John  3;  15. — Whosoever  hateth  his  brother  is 
a  murderer :  and  ye  know  that  no  murderer  hath 
eternal  life  abiding  in  him. — 1  Pet.  2;  1. — 1  Cor.  3; 
3.— Col.  3;  8.— Gal.  5;  19-Ji.— Kom.  1 ;  29. 

107.  But  is  it  enough  that  we  do  not  kill 
any  man  in  the  manner  mentioned  above  ? 

No :  for  when  God  forbids  envy,  hatred, 
and  anger,  he  commands  us  to  love  our 
neighbor  as  ourselves  (Matt.  7;  12);  to 
show  patience,  peace,  meekness,  mercy, 
and  all  kindness  towards  him,  and  to  pre- 
vent his  hurt  as  much  as  in  us  lies  (Heb. 
12;  14):  and  that  we  do  good  even  unto 
our  enemies  (Matt.  5;  44, 45). 

Matt.  7;  12. — Therefore  all  things  whatsoever  ye 
would  tliat  men  should  do  to  you,  do  ye  even  so  to 
.them:  for  this  is  l lie  law  and  the  prophets. — Lev. 
19;  18.— Matt.  22:  39.— Gnl.  5;  M. 

Heb.  12;  14. — Follow  peace  with  all  men,  and 
holiness,  without  which  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord. 
—1  Thess.  5;  13.— 2  Pet.  1 ;  5.— Mark  9;  50.— Eph. 
4;  1-3.— Luke  G ;  36.— Matt.  5;  7.— Col.  3;  12, 15.— 
Prov.  24;  ll.~Isa.  58;  7.~Rom.  12;  10. 


THE   SEVENTH  COMMANDMENT.  69 

Matt.  5;  44, 45. — But  I  say  unto  you,  Love  your 
enemies,  bless  tliein  that  curse  you,  do  good  to  them 
that  hate  you,  aii<l  pray  for  them  which  despitefully 
use  you,  and  persecute  you ;  that  ye  may  be  the 
children  of  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven. — Rom. 
12 ;  20.— Ex.  2;i ;  5.— Prov.  25 ;  21, 22. 

41.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*108.  What  doth  the  seventh  command  teach 
us  P 

That  all  uncleaiiness  is  accursed  of  God, 
and  that  therefore  we  must,  with  all  our 
hearts,  detest  the  same  (Eph.  5 ;  3),  and  live 
chastely  and  temperately,  whether  in  holy 
wedlock,  or  in  single  life  { Heb.  13 ;  4). 

Eph.  5;  3. — But  fornication,  and  all  uncleanness, 
or  covetousness,  let  it  not  once  be  named  among 
vou,  as  becometh  saints. — Jude  22,  23. — Lev.  20; 
10.— Deut.  27 ;  20-23.— Lev.  19 ;  20. 

Heb.  13 ;  4. — Marriage  is  honorable  in  all,  and  the 
bed  undefiled;  but  whoremongers  and  adulterers 
God  will  judge.— 1  Thess.  4 ;  3,  4.— 1  Cor.  7 ;  9. 

109.  Doth  God  forbid.,  in  this  command., 
only  adultery  and  such  like  gross  sins  f 

Since  both  our  body  and  soul  are  temples 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  he  commands  us  to  pre- 
serve them  pure  and  holy  (1  Cor.  3;!)); 
therefore  he  forbids  all  unchaste  actions, 
gestures,  words,  thoughts,  desires,  and  what- 
ever can  entice  men  thereto  (Matt.  5 ;  28). 

1  Cor.  3;  16. — Know  ye  not  that  ye  are  the  tem- 
ple of  God,  and  that  tlie  Spirit  of  God  dwelleth  in 
jou  ?  —  1  Cor.  6 ;  18-20.— 2  Cor.  6 ;  16.— 1  Cor.  3 ;  17. 

Matt.  5 ;  2*^. — Whosoever  looketh  on  a  woman  to 
lust  after  her,  hath  committed  adultery  with  her 
already  in  his  heart.— 2  Tim,  2 ;  22.— 1  Thess.  4;  4, 


70  THE  EIGHTH   COMMANDMENT. 

5.— 1  Cor.  15 ;  33.— Eph.  5 ;  18.— Prov.  23;  31,  33.— 
Eph.  4;  29.— Eph.  5;  3,  4.— Gal.  5;  19. 

42.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*110.  What  doth  God  forbid  in  the  eighth 
command  f 

God  forbids  not  only  those  thefts  and  rob- 
beries which  are  punishable  by  the  magis- 
trate, but  he  comprehends,  under  the  name 
of  theft,  all  wicked  tricks  and  devices,  where- 
by we  design  to  appropriate  to  ourselves  the 
goods  which  belong  to  our  neighbor;  wheth- 
er it  be  by  force,  or  under  the  appearance  of 
right,  as  by  unjust  weights,  ells,  measures, 
fraudulent  merchandise,  false  coins,  usury, 
or  by  any  other  way  forbidden  by  God  (Lev. 
19 ;  11, 13):  as  also  all  covetousness,  all  waste 
and  abuse  of  his  gifts  (Luke  12 ;  15). 

Lev.  19;  11, 13. — Ye  shall  not  steal,  neither  deal 
falsely,  neither  lie  one  to  another. ..  .thou  shalt 
not  defraud  thy  neighbour,  neitlier  rob  him'. — Luke 
3;  14.— 1  Thess.  4 ;  G.— Jer.  22 ;  13.— Lev.  19 ;  35,  36. 
—Prov.  11;1.— Deut.  25;  13-15.— Amos  8;4-7.— 
Ex.  22;  25.— Ezra  18;  13.— Lev.  25;  14. 

Luke  12;  15. — Take  heed  and  be\A'are  of  covet- 
ousness.—1  Tim.  6 ;  9,  10— John  6 ;  12.— 1  Cor.6 ;  10. 

111.  But  what  doth  God  require  in  this 
command  f 

That  I  promote  the  advantage  of  my 
neighbor  in  every  instance  I  can  or  may, 
and  deal  with  him  as  I  desire  to  be  dealt 
with  by  others  (Phil.  2 ;  4) :  further,  also, 
that  I  faithfully  labor,  so  that  I  may  be 
able  to  relieve  the  needy  (Heb.  13;  16). 


THE    NINTH   COMMANDMENT.  71 

Phil.  2 ;  4. — Look  not  every  man  on  his  own 
things,  but  every  man  also  on  the  things  of  others. 
—Matt.  7 ;  12.— bent.  22 ;  1-3.— Lev.  25 ;  14. 

Heb.  13;  IG. — But  to  do  good,  and  to  communi- 
cate, fori^et  not:  for  with  such  sacrifices  God  is 

well  ]^UKi^^H\.--Eph.  4;  28.— 2  Thess.  3;  10, 11. 

A3.    LORD'S  DAY. 

'^'Uj^.  What  is  required  in  the  ninth  com- 
mand f 

That  I  bear  false  witness  against  no  man, 
nor  falsify  any  man's  words ;  that  I  be  no 
backbiter,  or  slanderer;  that  I  do  not  judge, 
or  join  in  condemning  any  man  rashly  or 
unheard  (Prov.  19;  9);  but  that  I  avoid  all 
sorts  of  lies,  and  deceit,  as  the  proper  works 
of  the  devil,  unless  I  would  bring  down  up- 
on me  the  heavy  wrath  of  God  (Rev.  21 ;  8); 
likewise,  that  in  judgment,  and  all  other 
dealings,  I  love  the  truth,  speak  it  upright- 
ly, and  confess  it  (Eph.  4;  15);  also,  that  I 
defend  and  promote  as  much  as  I  am  able 
the  honor  and  good  character  of  my  neigh- 
bor (1  Pet.  4;  8). 

Prov.  19 ;  9. — A  false  witness  shall  not  be  unpun- 
ished.—P/o?;.  4;  24.— Ps.  15;  1,  3.-2  Cor.  12;  20.— 
Ps.  101 ;  5.— Matt,  7 ;  1.— James  4 ;  11.— Luke  6 ;  37. 

Eev.  21 ;  8.— All  liars  shall  have  their  part  in  the 
lake  which  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone. — Ps, 
5;  6.— Prov.  12;  22.-^^ohn  8;  44.~Lev.  19;  11. 

Eph.  4 ;  15. — But  speaking  the  truth  in  love,  may 
grow  up  into  him  in  all  things  which  is  the  head, 
even  Christ— .^^c/i.  8 ;  19.^Ps.  15;  1,  2. 

1  Pet.  4 ;  8. — And  above  all  things  have  fervent 
charity  among  yourselves.— 1  Sam.  16 ;  18. 


72  THE  TENTH   COMMANDMENT. 

44.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*113.  What  doth  the  tenth  command  require 
of  usf 

That  even  the  smallest  inclinatioD,  or 
thought,  contrary  to  any  of  God's  com- 
mands, never  rise  in  our  hearts  (Matt.  15; 
19,  20):  but  that  at  all  times  we  hate  all 
sin  with  our  whole  hearts  and  delight  in  all 
righteousness  (Gal.  5; 24). 

Matt.  15;  19,  20.— For  out  of  the  heart  proceed 
evil  thoughts,  murders,  adulteries,  fornieatious, 
thefts,  false  witness,  blasphemies :  these  are  the 
things  which  defile  a  man. — Rom.  7 ;  7. — Prov.  4 ;  23. 

Gal.5 ;  24. — And  they  that  are  Christ's  have  cruci- 
fied the  flesh,  with  the  afi'ections  and  lusts. — Ps.  119 ; 
104.— Prov.  8;  13.— Rom.  7;  22.— Matt.  5;  48. 

114.  But  can  those  who  are  converted  to  God^ 
perfectly  keep  these  commandments f 

No;  but  even  the  holiest  men,  while  in 
this  life,  have  only  small  beginnings  of  this 
obedience  (Phil.  3 ;  13),  yet  so,  that  with  a 
sincere  resolution,  they  begin  to  live,  not 
only  according  to  some,  but  all  the  com- 
mands of  God  (Phil.  3 ;  13, 14). 

Phil.  3 ;  13. — Brethren  I  count  not  mj^self  to  have 
apprehended.- Ps.  19 ;  12.— James  3 ;  2.— Job  9 ;  1-3. 
—1  John  1 ;  8.— Ecc.  7 ;  20.— Rom.  7 ;  21. 

Phil.  3;  13,  14.— This  one  thing  I  do,  forgetting 
the  things  which  are  behind,  and  reaching  forth 
unto  those  things  which  are  before,  I  press  toward 
the  mark  for  the  prize  of  the  liio^h  calling  of  God  in 
ChristJesus.— i?om.  7;  22.—PS.  119;  60, 106,127,128. 

115.  Why  will  God^  then.,  have  the  ten  com- 
mands so  strictly  preached^  since  no  man  in 
this  life  can  keep  them  ? 


PRAYER.  73 

First,  that  all  our  lifetime,  we  may  learn 
more  and  more  to  know  our  sinful  nature, 
and  thus  become  the  more  earnest  in  seek- 
ing the  remission  of  sin,  and  righteousness 
in  Christ  (Rom.  3  ;  20) ;  likewise,  that  we 
constantly  endeavor,  and  pray  to  God  for 
the  grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  that  we  may 
become  more  and  more  conformable  to  the 
image  of  God,  until  we  arrive  at  the  per- 
fection proposed  to  us,  in  a  life  to  come 
(ICor.  13;9,10). 

Kom.  ,S ;  20. — By  the  law  is  the  knowledge  of  sin, 
—Rom.  10;  3,  4.— Kom.  7;  7.— Matt.  5;  6. 

1  Cor.  13;  9, 10. — For  we  know  in  part,  and  we 
prophesy  in  part.  But  when  that  which  is  perfect 
is  come,  that  which  is  in  part  shall  be  done  away. — ■ 
1  John  3;  2.— Phil.  3;  12-14.— Ps.  51  ;  10.— Deut, 
31 ;  11-13.— Ps.  119;  4,  5.— 1  Cor.  9;  24,  25. 

OF    PRAYER. 

45.    LORD'S  DAY. 

*116.  Why  is  prayer  necessary  for  Chris- 
tians f 

Because  it  is  that  chief  part  of  thankful, 
ness  which  God  requires  of  us  (Ps.  50;  14, 
15) ;  and  also,  because  God  will  give  his 
grace  and  Holy  Spirit  to  those  only  who, 
with  sincere  desire,  continually  ask  them 
of  him,  and  are  thankful  for  them  (Luke 
11;  13). 

Ps.  50  ;  14,  15.— Offer  unto  God  thanksgiving; 
and  pay  thy  vows  unto  the  Most  High :  and  call 
upon  me  in  the  day  of  trouble :  and  I  will  deliver 
thee,  and  thou  shait  glorify  me. — CoU  4;  21. 


Ttt  PRAYER. 

Luke  11 ;  13. — If  ye  then,  being  evil,  know  how 
to  give  good  gifts  unto  your  children,  liow  much 
more  shall  your  heavenly  Father  give  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  them  that  ask  hiin. — Matt.  7  ;  7 — Deut.  4: 
29.— Ps.  50 ;  23.— Jer.  29 ;  13.— Eph.  6 ;  18. 

117.  What  are  the  requisites  of  that  prayer^ 
which  is  acceptable  to  God^  and  tvhich  he  will 
hear? 

First :  that  we  from  the  heart  pray  to  the 
one  true  God  only,  who  has  manifested 
himself  in  his  word,  for  all  things  he  has 
commanded  us  to  ask  of  him  (Matt.  4 ;  10) ; 
secondly,  that  we  rightfully  and  thorough- 
ly know  our  need  and  misery,  that  so  we 
may  deeply  humble  ourselves  in  the  pres- 
ence of  his  divine  majesty  (  Luke  18  ;  13); 
thirdly,  that  we  be  fully  persuaded  that  he, 
notwithstanding  we  are  unworthy  of  it, 
will,  for  the  sake  of  Christ  our  Lord,  cer- 
tainly hear  our  prayer,  as  he  has  promised 
us  in  his  word  (Epii.  3 ;  12). 

Matt.  4;  10.— Thou  shalt  worship  the  Lord  thy 
God,  and  him  onlv  shalt  thou  serve. — Ps.  81;  8,  9. 
-John  5 ;  14.— T>am.  3 ;  41 .— Ps  145 ;  18.— Isa.  45 ; 
'^2,  23.— John  4;  23,  24.— 1  John  5 ;  14. 

Luke  18;  13. — And  the  publican,  standing  afar 
r)fl",  would  not  lift  up  so  much  as  his  eyes  unto 
lieaven,  but  smote  upon  his  breast,  saying,  God  be 
merciful  to  me  a  sinner. — Ezra  9;  6. — Ps.  34;  18. 

Eph.  3;  12. — In  whom  we  have  boldness  and  ac- 
cess with  confidence,  by  the  faith  of  him. — Dan.  9; 
17,  18.— John  14;  13.— John  15;  7.— John  16;  23. 

118.  What  hath  God  commanded  us  to  ask 
of  himf 


THE  lord's  prayer.  75 

All  things  necessary  for  soul  and  body ; 
which  Christ  our  Lord  has  comprised  in 
that  prayer  he  himself  has  taught  us. 

*119.    What  are  the  words  of  that  prayer? 

Our  Father,  which  art  in  heaven,  hallow- 
ed be  thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy 
will  be  done  on  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven. 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread.  And  forgive 
us  our  debts,  as  we  forgive  our  debtors.  And 
lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver  us 
from  evil.  For  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and 
the  power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever.  Amen. 

4:6.    LORD'S  DAY. 

120.  Why  hath  Christ  commanded  us  to  ad- 
dress God  thus  :  Our  Father  f 

That  immediately,  in  the  very  beginning 
of  our  prayer,  he  m'ight  excite  in  us  a  child- 
like reverence  for,  and  confidence  in  God, 
which  are  the  foundation  of  our  prayer 
(Luke  11 ;  11) ;  namely,  that  God  is  become 
our  Father  in  Christ  (John  1 ;  12),  and  will 
much  less  deny  us  what  we  ask  of  him  in 
true  faith,  than  our  parents  refuse  us  earth- 
ly things  (Matt.  7;  11). 

Luke  11 ;  11.— If  a  son  shall  ask  bread  of  any  of 
you  that  is  a  father,  will  he  ^ive  him  a  stone?— isa. 
63;  15,  16.— James  1 ;  6-8.— Heb.  12 ;  9,  28. 

John  1;  12. — But  as  m.-my  as  received  him,  to 
them  gave  he  power  to  become  the  sons  of  God, 
even  to  them  that  believe  in  his  ivdme.—Eph.  1 ;  5. 
—Gal.  4;  6.— Kom.  8;  16,  17.— Gal.  3;  26. 

Matt.  7 ;  11.— If  ye  then,  being  evil,  know  how  to 
give  good  gifts  unto  j^our  children,  how  much  more 
shall  your  father  which  is  in  heaven,  give  good 


76  THE  lord's  prayer. 

things  to  them  that  ask  him?— Ps.  103;13.— Isa. 
49;  15,  16.— Luke  11;  13. 

121.  W/iy  is  there  added  :  Which  art  in 
heaven  f 

Lest  we  should  form  any  earthly  concep- 
tions of  God's  heavenly  majesty  (1  Kings 
8 ;  27) ;  and  that  we  may  expect  from  his 
almighty  power  all  things  necessary  for 
soul  and  body  (Ps.  115; 3). 

1  Kings  8;  27.— But  will  God  indeed  dwell  on 
earth?  Behold,  the  heaven  and  heaven  of  heavens 
can  not  contain  i\\QQ.—Acts  17;  24,  25. 

Ps.  115;  3. — But  our  God  is  in  the  heavens;  he 
hath  done  whatever  he  pleased. — 2  Chron.  20;  6. — 
Bom.  10;  12.— Acts  17;25.— Eph.  3;  20. 

47.    LORD'S  DAY. 

122.  What  is  the  first  petition? 

''Hallowed  be  thy  name."  That  is,  grant 
us  first  rightly  to  know  thee  (Eph.  1;  16, 
17),  and  to  sanctify,  glorify,  and  praise  thee 
in  all  thy  works  (Ps.  51 ;  15),  in  which  thy 
power,  wisdom,  goodness,  justice,  mercy, 
and  truth,  are  clearly  displayed  (Rom.  1 ;  19, 
20);  and  further,  also,  that  we  may  so  order 
and  direct  our  whole  lives,  our  thoughts, 
words,  and  actions,  as  that  thy  name  may 
never  be  blasphemed,  but  rather  honored 
and  praised  on  our  account  (Ps.  31  ;4). 

Eph.  1;16,  17. — I  cease  not  to  give  thanks  for 
you,  making  mention  of  you  in  my  prayers;  that 
the  God  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  Father  of 
glory,  may  give  unto  you  the  spirit  of  wisdom  and 
revelation  in  the  knowledge  of  him. — John  17;  3. 

Ps.  51 ;  15. — O  Lord,  open  thou  my  lips,  and  my 
mouth  shall  show  forth  thy  praise. — Ps,  71 ;  8. 


THE  lord's  prayer.  77 

Rom.  1 ;  19,  20. — For  the  invisible  things  of  him 
from  the  creation  oi"  the  world  are  clearly  seen,  be- 
ing understood  by  the  tilings  tiiat  are  made,  even 
his  eternal  power  and  Goclliead. — Deal.  3;  24. — 
Ps.  104;  24.— Ps.  136.— Dan.  9;  14.— Ps.  103;  8. 

Ps.  31 ;  4. — For  thy  name's  sake  lead  me,  and 
guide  me.— 1  Tim.  6;  1.— Matt.  5;  10.— 1  Pet.  2;  12. 

48.  LORD'S  DAY. 

123.  Wiiat  is  the  second  petit  Ion? 

"Thy  kingdom  come."  That  is,  rule  us  so 
by  thy  word  and  Spirit,  that  we  may  sub- 
mit ourselves  more  and  more  to  thee  (Ps. 
143  ;  10);  preserve  and  increase  thy  Church 
(Ps.  12^;(),  7);  destroy  the  v/orks  of  the 
devil,  and  all  violence  which  would  exalt 
itself  against  thee,  and  also  all  wicked  coun- 
sels devised  against  thy  holy  word  (1  John 
3 ;  8) ;  until  the  full  perfection  of  thy  king- 
dom takes  place,  wherein  thou  shalt  be  all 
in  all  (Rev.  22;  20). 

Ps.  143  ;  10.— Teach  me  thy  will ;  for  thou  art 
my  God;  thy  Spirit  is  good;  lead  me  into  the  land 
of  uprightness. — Ps.  25;  4,  5. — Ps.  119;  5. 

Ps.  122 ;  6,  7. — Pray  for  the  peace  of  Jerusalem  : 
they  shrdl  prosper  that  love  thee.  Peace  be  within 
thy  walls,  and  prosperity  within  thy  palaces.— 
Ps.  118;25,  26.— Ps.  51,18. 

1  John  3 ;  8.— For  this  purpose  the  Son  of  God 
was  manifested,  that  he  might  destroy  the  works 
of  the  devil.— i^om.  16 ;  20.— Ps.  129 ;  5.— Ps.  5 ;  10. 

Rev.  22 ;  20.— He  which  testifieth  these  things, 
saith,  sureh^  I  come  quickly:  Amen. — 1  Cor.  15: 
24,  28. 

49.  LORD'S  DAY. 

124.  }Vhatis  the  third  petition? 


78 

"Thy  will  be  done  on  earth, as  it  is  in  heav- 
en." That  is,  grant  that  we  and  all  men  may 
renounce  our  own  will,  and  without  mur- 
muring obey  thy  will,  which  is  only  good 
(Acts  21 ;  14) ;  that  so  every  one  may  attend 
to,  and  perform  the  duties  of  his  station  and 
calling,  as  willingly  and  iaithfully  as  the 
angels  do  in  heaven  (Ps.  103  ;  20,  21). 

Acts  21 ;  14. — The  will  of  the  Lord  be  done. — Ps. 
Hi) ;  ...j-;J6.— Matt.  16 ;  24.— Titus  2 ;  12. 

Ps.  103;  20,  21. — Bless  the  Lord,  ye  his  angels, 
that  excel  in  strengtli,  that  do  his  coinmandments, 
hearkening  unto  the  voice  of  his  word.  Bless  ye 
the  Lord,  all  ye  his  hosts;  ye  ministers  of  his,  that 
do  his  pleasure. — Heb.  1 ;  14. — Eph.  4;  1. 

50.    LORD'S  DAY. 

125.    What  is  the  fourth  petition? 

"Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread."  That 
is,  be  pleased  to  provide  us  with  all  things 
necessary  for  the  body  (Ps.  145;  15);  that 
we  may  thereby  acknowledge  thee  to  be 
the  only  fountain  of  all  good  (Acts  17 ;  25) ; 
and  that  neither  our  care  nor  industry,  nor 
even  thy  gifts,  can  profit  us  without  thy 
blessing,  and  therefore  that  we  may  with- 
draw our  trust  from  all  creatures,  and  place 
it  alone  in  thee  (Ps.55;22). 

Ps.  145;  15. — The  eyes  of  all  wnit  upon  thee; 
and  thou  givest  them  their  meat  in  due  season. — 
Prov.  30;  7-9.— Ps.  85;  12.— ISLitt.  6 ;  25,  etc. 

Acts  17;  25. — Seeing  he  giveth  to  all,  life  and 
breath,  and  all  things. — Acts  14;  15,  17. 

Ps.  55 ;  22. — Cast  thy  burden  upon  the  I^ord,  and 
he  shall  sustain  thee.— P.s.  62 ;  8, 10.— Ps.  146;  3-7. 
— Ps.  127  ;1,  2.— Deut.  8 ;  3.— Prov.  10;  12. 


THE  lord's  prayer.  79 

51.  LORDS   DAY. 

126.  What  is  the  fifth  petition? 

"And  forgive  us  our  debts,  as  we  forgive 
our  debtors."  That  is,  be  pleased,  for  the 
sake  of  Christ's  blood,  not  to  impute  to  us, 
poor  sinners,  our  transgressions,  nor  that 
depravity  which  always  cleaves  to  us  (Ps. 
25 ;  7) ;  even  as  we  feel  this  evidence  of  thy 
grace  in  us,  that  it  is  our  firm  resolution 
from  the  heart  to  ibrgive  our  neighbors 
(Matt.  18;  35). 

Ps.  25;  7. — Rempinber  not  the  sins  of  my  youth, 
nor  uiy  traiis!j;.essioiis;  accoiviiiig  ro  ihy  iiierey,  re- 
member thou  me,  for  thv  goodness'  sake.  O  Lord. — 
Eph.  1 ;  7.— Ps.  51 ;  1,  1,  7,  9.— Rom.  4;  7,  8. 

Matt.  18  ;  85. — So  likewise  shall  my  heavenly 
Father  do  also  unto  you,  if  ye  from  your  hearts 
forgive  not  everv  one  his  brother  their  trespasses. 
—Matt.  G;  14,  15.— Col.  :> ;  13.— Gal.  5;  22,  23. 

52.  LORD'S   DAY. 

127.  Whdt  is  the  .'iLvth  pefitionf 

"And  lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  de- 
liver us  from  evil."  That  is,  since  we  are  so 
weak  in  ourselves  that  we  can  not  stand  a 
moment;  and  besides  this,  since  our  mortal 
enemies,  the  devil,  the  world,  and  our  own 
flesh,  cease  not  to  assault  us  (Matt.  26;  41); 
do  thou,  therefore,  preserve  and  strengthen 
us,  by  the  power  of  thy  Holy  Spirit,  that  we 
may  not  be  overcome  in  this  spiritual  war- 
fare, but  constantly  and  streuuously  may 
resist  our  foes,  until  at  last  we  obtain  a 
complete  victory  (Eph.  3  ;  11-16). 

Matt.  26 ;  41. — Watch  and  pray,  that  ye  enter  not 
into  temptation :  the  spirit  indeed  is  willing,  but  the 


80  THE   lord's   prayer. 

flesh  is  weak. — John  15;  5. — 1  Pet.  5;  8. — Luke  22; 
31,  82.— Eph.  (J  ;  12.— Prov.  1  ;  !0.— Gal.  5  ;  17.— 
Jnnies  1;  14.~Jonu  15;  19.— P^.  lOJ;  14. 

Eph.3;14-10. — For  this  cause  1  bow  my  knees 
unto  the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  of  whom 
the  whole  family  in  heaven  ami  earth  is  named, 
that  he  would  grant  you,  according  to  the  riches  of 
his  glory,  to  be  strengtliened  with  might  by  his 
tSpirit  in  the  innei-  man. — 2  Co/-.  12;  7,  8.— Eph. 
0;  10-13.— 1  Thess.  3;13.— 1  Thess.  5;23.— Kom. 
16 ;  2U. 

128.  How  do  you  conclude  your  prayer? 
"For  thine  is  the  kingdoni,Uie  power, and 

the  glory,  for  ever."  That  is,  all  these  we 
ask,  because  thou  art  our  King  and  al- 
mighty, art  willing  and  able  to  give  us  all 
good  (Ps.  5 ;  2):  and  all  this  we  pray  for,  that 
thereby  not  we,  but  thy  holy  name,  may  be 
gloritied  forever  (Ps.  115;  1). 

Ps.  5;  2. — Hearken  unto  the  voice  of  my  cry, my 
King,  and  my  God  ;  for  unio  ihee  will  1  pray. — Isa. 
33 :  22.— Ps.  10 ;  10.— Ps.  47 ;  2.— Gen.  17 ;  1. 

Ps.  115;  I. — N'ot  unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  unto  us, 
but  unto  thy  name,  give  glory,  for  thy  mercy,  and 
for  Ihv  truth's  sake.— Jo/in  14;  13.— Jer.  33;  8,  9.— 
Dan.  i);  19.— Isa.  37  ;  20.— 2  Chron.  20;  6. 

129.  What  doth  the  word  ^^Amen'^  signify? 

"Amen"  signifies,  it  shall  truly  and  cer- 
tainly be  (Jer.  28 ;  6);  for  my  prayer  is  more 
assuredly  heard  of  God  than  I  feel  in  my 
heart  I  desire  these  things  of  him  (Isa.  65;  24). 

Jer.  28;  6.— The  prophet  Jeremiah  said,  Amen; 
the  Lord  do  so :  the  Lord  perform  ihy  words  which 
thou  hast  prophesied.— 2  Cor.  1 ;  20.— Rev.  3 ;  14. 

Isa.  65 ;  24. — Before  they  call,  I  will  answer ;  and 
while  they  are  yet  speaking,  I  will  hear. — 2  Tim.  2 ; 
12.— 1  John  5;  14, 15.— Eph.  3;  20,  21. 


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